{"id":16,"date":"2012-10-31T14:50:00","date_gmt":"2012-10-31T14:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/adamcaplan\/?p=16"},"modified":"2012-10-31T14:50:00","modified_gmt":"2012-10-31T14:50:00","slug":"new-media-literacies-conference-bell-tiff-nexus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/adamcaplan\/2012\/10\/31\/new-media-literacies-conference-bell-tiff-nexus\/","title":{"rendered":"New Media Literacies Conference @ Bell TIFF Nexus"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Play:<\/span> <\/strong>the capacity to experiment with one\u2019s surroundings as a form of problem-solving. Having a strong sense of play can be helpful when you pick up a new piece of technology that you\u2019ve never used before, when you\u2019re trying to write an essay and your outline isn\u2019t functioning as you\u2019d hoped, and when you\u2019re designing anything at all, from a dress to a web page to a concert\u2019s program.<\/div>\n
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Performance<\/span>: <\/strong>the ability to adopt alternative identities for the purpose of improvisation and discovery. Being able to move fluidly and effectively between roles can help you when you\u2019re exploring online communities, when you\u2019re trying to decide what actions are ethical, and when you\u2019re shuffling between home, work and school.<\/div>\n
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Simulation<\/span>: <\/strong>the ability to interpret and construct dynamic models of real-world processes. Being able to interpret, manipulate and create simulations can help you understand innumerable complex systems, like ecologies and computer networks \u2013 and make you better at playing video games!<\/div>\n
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Appropriation<\/span>:<\/strong> the ability to meaningfully sample and remix media content. Being able to remix media content (and knowing when doing so is appropriate) can help you understand literary works, music, and art; it can also help lead you to a deeper understanding of copyright and cultural clashes.<\/div>\n
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Multitasking<\/span>:<\/strong> the ability to scan one\u2019s environment and shift focus as needed to salient details. Being a good multitasker is required in our new media landscape \u2013 and that includes learning when it isn\u2019t good to multitask.<\/div>\n
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Distributed Cognition<\/span>:<\/strong> the ability to interact meaningfully with tools that expand mental capacities. That can mean something as simple as using a ruler or calculator, or something as complex as efficiently using Wikipedia on your iPhone to access information on the fly.<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Collective Intelligence<\/span>:<\/strong> the ability to pool knowledge and compare notes with others toward a common goal. This ability is key to open source projects. Being able to pool knowledge with others can allow us to solve challenges far more complex than the individual mind can process.<\/div>\n
\nJudgment<\/span>:<\/strong> the ability to evaluate the reliability and credibility of different information sources. If you\u2019re worried about your students using Wikipedia at inappropriate times and taking everything they read on the internet as gospel truth, you\u2019re worried that they aren\u2019t exercising good judgment. But judgment also includes knowing when sources are appropriate for your use: for instance, sometimes Wikipedia might be the appropriate resource to use.<\/div>\n
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Transmedia Navigation<\/span>:<\/strong> the ability to follow the flow of stories and information across multiple media. Anyone who needs to do research needs a good understanding of transmedia navigation \u2013 how to follow threads through video, still photography, written work, music, online sources etc.<\/div>\n
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Networking<\/span> <\/strong>\u2013 the ability to search for, synthesize, and disseminate information. Writing something isn\u2019t enough without the ability to circulate it to the communities where it will matter.<\/div>\n
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Negotiation<\/span> <\/strong>\u2013 the ability to travel across diverse communities, discerning and respecting multiple perspectives, and grasping and following alternative norms. We now need to know how to live in multiple communities \u2013 from the hyperlocal to the global and from those composed of people like us to those consisting of people very different from us.<\/div>\n
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Visualization<\/strong> <\/span>\u2013 the ability to translate information into visual models and understand the information visual models are communicating. VIsualization has become a key way we cope with large data sets and make sense of the complexity of our environment.<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Play: the capacity to experiment with one\u2019s surroundings as a form of problem-solving. Having a strong sense of play can be helpful when you pick up a new piece of technology that you\u2019ve never used before, when you\u2019re trying to write an essay and your outline isn\u2019t functioning as you\u2019d hoped, and when you\u2019re designing … <\/p>\n

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