Summer Program Helps Adolescents Merge Technology, Popular Culture, Reading, and Writing for Academic Purposes

Lawrence, Salika A.; McNeal, K.; Yildiz, Melda N.

doi:10.1598/jaal.52.6.3

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“…For Hughes (), digital literacy projects can help challenge poetry's status as boring and meaningless, reinstating it as a playful, worthwhile activity. Similar conclusions have been drawn by scholars exploring the impact of digital literacy projects using graphic novels (Lawrence, McNeal and Yildiz ) and blogs (Boling et al ).…”

Section: Digital Literacy: Reimagining Poetry Educationsupporting

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Youth take the lead: Digital poetry and the next generation

Gregory

2013

English in Education

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Digital literacy projects offer an exciting means of engaging young people in poetry. Many such projects fall short of realising their full potential however, overlooking students' technological expertise and ability to learn from one another. Youth slam and spoken word (YSSW) offers possibilities for developing these projects, making creative use of both new technologies and student‐centred learning techniques. YSSW's artistic and didactic achievements demonstrate what young people can achieve if we relinquish our privileged positions as authoritative teachers/artists. This article considers how YSSW participants have used digital technologies to create innovative artworks, develop new notions of literacy and inspire their peers to explore their own artistic, socially engaged identities.

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Section: Digital Literacy: Reimagining Poetry Educationsupporting

confidence: 81%

Youth take the lead: Digital poetry and the next generation

Gregory

2013

English in Education

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“…The emergence of ICT has shown to intensify the impact of media on culture and schooling. Connecting reading, writing, visual, and technological literacy provided students with opportunities to write for wider audiences and to produce authentic texts such as online book reviews (Lawrence, McNeal & Yildiz, 2009).…”

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Pros and Cons of Using ICT in Teaching ESL Reading and Writing

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Nordin²,

Salehi³

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Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) play a major role in creating a new and improved model of teaching and learning. A great number of studies have been conducted to examine the advantages of integrating ICT in language education in general and English as a Second Language (ESL) teaching and learning in particular. However, there is a need for more studies on the disadvantages of using ICT in language education. This study aims to identify both advantages and disadvantages of using ICT in teaching ESL reading and writing. To achieve the aim of the study, a total of 23 secondary school English teachers were interviewed. The teachers were pragmatically and purposively selected from three different areas of Malaysia, 7 teachers from Alor Setar, 8 teachers from Tawau and 8 teachers from Johor Bahru, respectively. This study is a qualitative research in nature because a semi-structured interview was used to examine the teachers' perceptions of pros and cons of using ICT in teaching ESL reading and writing. The findings of the study revealed that attracting students' attention, facilitating students' learning process, helping to improve students' vocabulary knowledge and promoting meaningful learning were regarded as the most important advantages of using ICT in teaching ESL reading and writing. Moreover, disadvantages found included the difficulty in classroom control and students' distraction as well as their tendency to use short forms in writing tasks. The findings of the study are hoped to provide the teachers and policymakers with a better and more accurate picture of advantages and disadvantages of using ICT tools in ESL teaching and learning contexts.

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“…The presence of ICT tools in the classroom makes the students negatively involved during the class time and makes the class control difficult for the teachers . Lawrence, McNeal & Yildiz (2009) claim that teachers need to consider several matters in managing problems which could arise from the activities planned. Firstly, teachers need to explain to students how to do tasks on the computer (e.g., cutting and pasting, drawing tables, resizing the fonts, and changing the colors in their manuscripts).…”

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“…Lastly, teachers should constantly ask the students some questions to understand their needs and then guide them while doing their research projects. Proper guidance and scaffolding to guide students along the activities planned using ICT are needed so that all learners are able to follow and benefit from the tasks planned (Lawrence, McNeal & Yildiz, 2009). …”

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“…These activities or programmes should not be restricted to in-school activities only. Lawrence, McNeal & Yildiz (2009) claimed that adolescents get involve in different literacy practices outside the school because they interact with different types of non-traditional texts and sources of information, access and mass media and different cultures, and interact with people from diverse backgrounds and perspectives using the computer technologies.…”

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The Use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in Teaching ESL Writing Skills

Yunus¹,

Nordin²,

Salehi³

et al. 2013

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Despite the existence of many studies showing positive effects of using Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in the teaching and learning process in general, the use of ICT in teaching writing skills in English as a Second Language (ESL) classrooms is still not very encouraging. This study attempts to seek findings on the use of ICT in the teaching of ESL writing skills in Malaysian secondary schools. This paper just reports one part of the findings obtained from a big project which was conducted in Malaysian secondary schools in five areas of Malaysia. This study focuses solely on the data collected from four English teachers in a secondary school in Kuala Lumpur who were interviewed by the researcher. This study revealed that the use of ICT in the teaching of ESL writing was very low. Advantages of using ICT were reported to be attracting students' attention, facilitating students' learning process, helping to improve students' vocabulary and promoting meaningful learning. Disadvantages found included the difficult class control, distraction and the students' tendency to use short forms in their writing. It was also revealed that teachers are generally weak in managing problems and planning activities involving the use of ICT in the teaching of ESL writing. The results of this study are hoped to provide insights to the Ministry of Education in Malaysia to improve the low use of ICT in teaching ESL writing skills.

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Summer Program Helps Adolescents Merge Technology, Popular Culture, Reading, and Writing for Academic Purposes

Cited by 28 publications

References 13 publications

Youth take the lead: Digital poetry and the next generation

Youth take the lead: Digital poetry and the next generation

Pros and Cons of Using ICT in Teaching ESL Reading and Writing

The Use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in Teaching ESL Writing Skills

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