- I am looking at the nexus of student, teacher and technological trajectories within the virtual space created through the use of new media literacies in K-12 classroom (say that 3 times fast)
- Space, identity and practice are tied in together when looking at these new media literacies
- My primary questions are: What types of student practices and participation emerge within these online spaces? How do these practices emerge? How do teachers respond to these emerging practices? How does this interplay develop and redevelop the online social space?
- My potential comp questions off of this would be:
Question 1: Literary Review
What does the literature say about emerging practices in virtual spaces in relation to youth broadly and then specifically in the educational setting?
Question 2: Theoretical Framework
What theoretical frameworks have been used to understand how new media literacies are implemented in educational settings? How do these lenses focus the discussion on the work being done on new media literacies in K-12 school settings?
Question 3: Methodology
What research methodologies and methods have been used to examine new media literacies in K-12 school settings? In what ways are these methodologies linked to or shaped by the primary theoretical frameworks used?
Thursday, September 4, 2008
Trying to set the stage
So I have put together a preliminary document (published Google doc) that attempts to pull some thoughts on the broader context and a bit of the 'so what' regarding my current research. I would say that the key thoughts are:
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Great progress, J. Love the second question of Q3 especially.
The whole thing is very clear and concise... definitely sets the stage.
I wonder about the first question in Q3 Maybe instead - what methodologies have been used to study...(something like) emergent practices in communities of learners/practice?
Similar wonderings about Q2 - What theoretical frameworks have used to consider youth's participation within new media literacies?
I just don't think what you would find looking at NML in K12 would be that inspiring. I think you may need to learn from outside that realm to gain a powerful lens to consider the potential for K-12.
Just my 2 cents for the day.
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I guess, now that I read my comment again... I think a tight alignment between the three makes the most sense - emergent practices in COL's or youth's participation in nml - one could certainly be used to inform the other, but maybe focusing the 3 questions on the same thing - say youth's varied participation with nml? As a subsection of Q2, you could consider newcomers in communities of practice...
Thoughts?
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