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Becoming l(IT)erate : pre-service English teachers and ICTs
One of the recommended principles for classroom practice from the Digital Rhetorics Project is ‘Teachers First’, emphasising the need to prioritise the requirements of teachers in learning new technologies and in understanding their relationship to literacy education (Lankshear, Green and Snyder 2000, p. 121). While most of my pre-service English Education students use digital technologies for their own purposes and understand the benefits of doing so, it is not always straightforward regarding how technology can be effectively utilised in their classroom and for what purposes. This article reports work conducted with pre-service English Education teachers in an elective unit that focuses upon digital technologies in secondary classrooms. Using Green’s 3D model of literacy as a way of understanding the complex interrelationships between the cultural, critical and operational aspects of literacy, the students experiment with digital technologies such as mobile phones, wikis and blogs.
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English in AustraliaVolume
41Issue
3Pagination
44 - 47Publisher
Australian Association for the Teaching of EnglishLocation
Melbourne, Vic.ISSN
0155-2147Language
engPublication classification
C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journalCopyright notice
2006, Australian Association for the Teaching of English Inc.Usage metrics
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