New Literacies
New literacies are forms of reading and writing through technological developments, such as the internet. New literacies are rapidly evolving and becoming more and more prevalent in schools to help teachers and students communicate to share ideas and thoughts. New literacies can be as common as instant messaging, emailing, blogging, and social networking spaces including Facebook, which so many of us rely on to communicate and keep in contact with. According to Leu, Leu and Coiro (2004) new literacies allow us to identify, navigate, evaluate, synthesize, and communicate. By utilizing these five functions, students can be successful with these technological developments.
NETS for Students/Teachers
NETS are expectancies that both students and teachers will be able to apply in our advanced digital age of learning. We as teachers have to integrate technology into the classroom in order to give our students the skills they will need to succeed and learn in this new digital age.
New literacies and NETS in my classroom
According to NETS-T Standard 3, teachers communicate relevant information and ideas effectively to students, parents, and peers using a variety of digital-age media and formats (2008). In my classroom, I would love to create a blog or website to effectively communicate with parents. I think it would be great to have pictures of my students up so parents can see the different things their children are doing in the classroom. I would include links on my page including, Starfall, an interactive phonics website, which all students can access from home, as well as engaging literacy and math resources for children to use.
I also think it would be great to pair my first grade students up with their 5th grade book buddies to have them create their own digital story through Storybird. We do not have computers in the classroom, but we do have a computer lab that we can access, as well as a SMART board, where the students can share their stories with one another. I think they would find this so exciting!
Keep in mind that new literacies are skills rather than tools. You mention that new literacies are "as common as.." and then identify a few web 2.0 tools. New literacies are the skills required to use those tools effectively and efficiently, which you do mention in the following sentence. Good job integrating the readings into your response.
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