All of these readings connect to the central issue of merging worlds - both globally and technologically, socially and culturally. Not only is our world becoming a more global society (in large part due to technology), but learners are changing with this different environment. We now have multiple ways and modes to communicate and multiple people from varying cultures, backgrounds and experiences with whom to communicate as well. This changing landscape requires a new outlook and approach to communication and education. Learners are now so diverse that being multiliterate is essential to participate in this global environment and multiliteracies (technological, multimodal, cultural) is also essential. This is going to be or is an even more important aspect in the realm of education.
One thing to consider, however, is the ethics issue - information will be easier to access - which isn't always a bad thing - but information transfer and usage may be harder to track. I think the New London Group didn't really hit on this at least not fully. This is important to consider and I don't have any big answers other than engraining a sense of ethical behavior in our students. Just something to think about...
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The realm of ethics is a good point. With new technology and the compilation of source files, media, and content it is almost impossible to track. Perhaps the intention should focus more on how we teach and promote ethical behavior in communication to and for our students - and "hopefully" things will fall into place. Although that is a pretty optimistic outlook... LOL!
I'm interested in hearing more about your concern over ethics and information accessibility. Are you saying that we, as teachers, need to help students be more attuned to the kinds of information the "publish" and how it might be read currently and in the future? Or, are you focused here on unequal access to technology?
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