+Teachers as Producers of Research

GLIT 6757: Literacy & InquiryColin Lankshear & Michele Knobel

Slideshow available here:

www.slideshare.net/netgrrrl

+Focus of this course

Learning to “be” qualitative researchers

Understanding that qualitative research is a logically-ordered, systematic process

Learning to report research outcomes in an academic manner

+The logic of research

p. 29 of textbook

+ Nature of this course

1. Work in self-selected groups/teams (3-5 members) to produce a digital media artifact and collect detailed data pertinent to understanding the nature and process of your individual and collective activity.

2. Collectively write an academic research report that discusses patterns in your data with reference to relevant research and theoretical literature. the process and experience of producing your digital media artifact in terms of what

+In short….

You will be learning to be(come) teacher researchers by

(1) producing a digital media artifact and

(2) systematically analysing data you have collected from the standpoint of learning (individually and collectively) to engage in a new ltieracy.

+Typical new media/literacy project

Podcasting

Stop motion animation

Music video editing (incl. anime music video remixing)

Remixing music

Machinima

Flash animation

Photoshopping

Other (e.g., creating an app, movie trailer remixes)

+ Documenting your project: collecting spoken, written and observed data O

bserved data: your fieldnotes, your photographs/videos of the group working, screen grabs/captures, etc.

Spoken data: Verbatim recording or documentation of what people said (can be written down or audio-recorded)

Written (extant) data: Online tutorials, helpful websites, how-to videos, troubleshooting, discussion boards, text-focussed screen grabs

+ Writing good fieldnotesFieldnotes Preliminary

patterns/hunches/analyses

I located a useful website that helped with converting files.

Tuesday11:03amI searched with google using the phrase “file conversion” and located a blog (http://everydayliteracies.blogspot.com) that recommended a free online service called Zamzar (zamzar.com). Zamzar is fully online which means I was able to ……

BAD EXAMPLE  

Conceptual: Accessing distributed expertise a la Jenkins’ “participatory culture” Technical stuff: media files need to be compatible with the editing software Other: Web 2.0 – free software service located entirely online (cf., shift to webtop from desktop)

+By the end of today's session

Have decided who's in your group

Have settled upon what kind of artifact to produce

Have set up a new Google Doc that lists your group members' full names and email address, along with your artifact type. Include us as editors on your Doc (colin.lankshear@gmail.com, micheleknobel@gmail.com).

Made a start on producing your artifact and writing your fieldnotes and other written, observed and spoken data.