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**__ EDC G 614New Literacies: Digital Media Designs and Collaborations __**
Literacy in a technological world takes on a new definition that transcends the written word. In fact, full participation in a digital society requires an active control of a range of text types. This involves multiple modalities and hybrid constructions as well as an understanding that all texts are infused with meanings connected to power relationships within society. Power over such texts demands critical analysis of how a variety of texts are constructed and a stance to question the ideological dimensions of those constructions. Through examining and creating various media forms (including graphics, text, sound, and videos) students in this class critically consider how we read others and how others might read us. Further, we apply new literacies definitions and emerging technologies to teaching and learning situations in order to consider what “new basics” are necessary for success participation in a technology-mediated global world.
 * Course Description **

**Course Objectives:**
 * Explore the features of multi-modal texts in relation to consumption, production, and usage
 * Apply a critical lens to the analysis of a variety of texts types (such as web-based, visual, print, audio) and formats (such as webpages, manga, videogames, music videos, web-based social networks) used in today’s world.
 * Locate, select, capture and integrate video and digital images (in varying formats) for strategic use in examining this educational experience.
 * Develop critical pedagogy activities where youth use technologies for authentic and meantingful purposes related to their lives or community
 * Assist youth in draw on new literacies to design, produce, and critique various media forms.

=Welcome to Your New Wiki!=
 * Course Materials: **
 * Hammer, R. and Kellner, D. (2009). Media/Cultural Studies: Critical Approaches. New York, Bern, Berlin, Bruxelles, Frankfurt am Main, Oxford, Wien.
 * Goodman, S. (2003). Teaching youth media: A critical guide to literacy, video production, and social change. New York: Teachers College.
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