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Digital literacies in the middle years of schooling

Wells, Muriel 2005, Digital literacies in the middle years of schooling, in Teacher education : local and global : conference proceedings, Australian Teacher Education Association, Brisbane, Qld., pp. 475-480.

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Title Digital literacies in the middle years of schooling
Author(s) Wells, Muriel
Conference name Australian Teacher Education Association. Conference (33rd : 2005 : Gold Coast, Qld.)
Conference location Gold Coast, Queensland
Conference dates 6 - 9 July 2005
Title of proceedings Teacher education : local and global : conference proceedings
Editor(s) Cooper, Maxine
Finger, Glenn
Hall, Graeme
Hudson, Peter
Shaw, Leonie
Sim, Cheryl
Publication date 2005
Conference series Australian Teacher Education Association Conference
Start page 475
End page 480
Publisher Australian Teacher Education Association
Place of publication Brisbane, Qld.
Summary This paper uses Glister's interpretation of digital literacy whilst acknowledging that a computer is not the only means for the delivety of digital texts. I will explore how we can support student teachers to develop understandings about the teaching in the middle years in order to work with students in schools to successfully read digital texts, create digital texts, search, fmd and use information in the digital world and to become critical users of digital texts. Students in the middle years of schooling are facing increasingly sophisticated literacy demands of new technologies that go well beyond that of the traditional printed page as they interact with information communicated through a range of digital media both inside and outside of school. At best new technologies can open doors to students for researching and accessing a world far beyond their own environment, empowering them to direct and control their own learning and produce quality work.
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ISBN 1920952381
9781920952389
Language eng
Field of Research 139999 Education not elsewhere classified
Socio Economic Objective 970113 Expanding Knowledge in Education
HERDC Research category E1 Full written paper - refereed
Copyright notice ©2005, Australian Teacher Education Association
Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30005636

Document type: Conference Paper
Collections: School of Social and Cultural Studies in Education
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