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Developing Multi-Literacies In Technology-Enhanced Environments, Natalie Cooper, Lori Lockyer, Ian M. Brown, David R. Blackall, Barry M. Harper
Developing Multi-Literacies In Technology-Enhanced Environments, Natalie Cooper, Lori Lockyer, Ian M. Brown, David R. Blackall, Barry M. Harper
David Blackall
Our lives are constantly being transformed by new technologies, global economies and cultures (Anstey, 2002). Educators in the 21st century are faced with the task of preparing students to function successfully in this ever changing and increasingly technological, globalised society. This has important implications for current practices in literacy education and it has been argued that new types of literacies need to be cultivated to ensure education is relevant in today’s society (Kellner, 2000). In fact, having a degree of mastery over a wide range of 21st century literacies may mean the difference between “a fully functioning life and one …
Making News Today: Literacy For Citizenship, David R. Blackall, Philip Reece
Making News Today: Literacy For Citizenship, David R. Blackall, Philip Reece
David Blackall
This paper is a report on an evaluation of the Making News Today project. This project is a partnership involving the University of Wollongong, Apple Computers, WIN Television and participating schools, supported with a grant from the Australian Research Council. Schools participating in the project are involved in the analysis and creation of news items for television. This evaluation focuses specifically on the potential of the Making News Today project as a vehicle for teaching literacy for citizenship.
Lost Innocents Of Kashmir, David Blackall, Kraig Grady, Oliver Kutzner
Lost Innocents Of Kashmir, David Blackall, Kraig Grady, Oliver Kutzner
David Blackall
"Psy-ops, or black-ops, set everyone up for their fall in strategic places like Kashmir. Agitators cause trouble, trigger discontent, to which security forces respond. So starts the war of spin, propaganda and suspicion on the path to terrorism, retribution and torture. Meanwhile, poor refugees have nowhere to go. A personal story, told from memory, triggered by revitalising Super 8 images of 1989." David Blackall.