His main arguments are: young people need to acquire social skills and cultural competencies to participate in new media, young people and adults work together to achieve a shared goal, and active readers need to ask questions about the facts presented and the sources to back up those facts. He argues that while Wikipedia should not be used as a main source for research, there is valuable information to be found there, as long as you check the sources.
2. What is participatory culture?
-low barriers to artistic expression and civic engagement
-support for creating and sharing what you create with others
-members feel their contributions matter
-members feel a social connection to others
-members care what others think about what they have created
3. What is the relationship between old literacies and new media literacies?
Old literacies involved individual skills and information given to students. There was no collaboration or constructing their own knowledge. New media literacies involves social skills and participation. Members work together toward a common goal. They contribute on subjects they know a lot about.
4. What are the reading and writing behaviors associated with new media literacies?
*Collective intelligence-people pool their knowledge
*Judgment-assessing the credibility of information
*Networking-search for and synthesize information
*Negotiation-respect multiple perspectives
5. According to Henry Jenkins, why is it important to teach new media literacies in school?
It is important for students to learn to be skeptical of information they find on the internet. They need to be taught how to evaluate the credibility of a source so that they don't just blindly trust anything in print.
6. What can young people learn through contributing or even consuming Wikipedia?
They learn what it is like to work together within a knowledge culture. It allows people with different backgrounds to work together and share what they know with each other. It allows students to think about their roles as researchers and writers in a new way.
7. How do you feel about Wikipedia? Do you agree or disagree with Henry Jenkins?
For our first assignment I said that I would not consider Wikipedia as a good resource for students. After reading the articles from Henry Jenkins I have changed my mind. I agree with his argument that Wikipedia is a great starting point for research. I don't believe it should be a primary source, but it can be used to identify other reliable, informative sources. I also like his argument about how Wikipedia encourages social skills and collaboration. It has definitely peaked my interest about how I could use Wikipedia in my classroom.
8. Find an online resource that supports your position. Summarize the argument being made and explain how it supports your argument.
The article that I found, Is Wikipedia Becoming a Respectable Academic Source, talks about how scholars are using Wikipedia in their research. It also addresses some of the most common criticisms of Wikipedia. They support my argument by saying that Wikipedia should not be cited in an academic paper, but it is a valuable resource when conducting research.
9. Find an image that relates to Wikipedia and schooling.
I love this...so cute!
Sources
Jenkins, H. (2007, June 26). What Wikipedia can Teach us About New Media Literacies (Part One). Retrieved from http://henryjenkins.org/2007/06/what_wikipedia_can_teach_us_ab.html
Jenkins, H. (2007, June 27). What Wikipedia can Teach us About the New Media Literacies (Part Two). Retrieved from http://henryjenkins.org/2007/06/what_wikipedia_can_teach_us_ab_1.html
Is Wikipedia Becoming a Respectable Academic Source? (Sept 2008). Retrieved from http://digitalscholarship.wordpress.com/2008/09/01/is-wikipedia-becoming-a-respectable-academic-source/
Abby, a lot of our responses were similar; therefore, I feel that we got the same ideas out of the video/reading. I really enjoy your picture for the Wikipedia!! It literally made me LOL =)
ReplyDeleteI think your online resource 'Is Wikipedia a Respectable Academic Source?' is interesting. I pulled a quote from it, "With Wikipedia, as with other sources, scholars should use critical judgment in analyzing its reliability and appropriateness for citation. If scholars carefully evaluate a Wikipedia article’s accuracy, I don’t think there should be any shame in citing it."
ReplyDeleteI agree with you about using Wikipedia for the first time.Not liking it a whole lot. But Henry Jenkins did give me food for thought, although I am not ready to toss the books yet and go strictly to the net. Old school I guess.
ReplyDeleteI found your article very intriguing. I'm all about statistics--being a math teacher--and I was surprised at the trend in Wikipedia being a citation over the years. Your article even includes the fact that encyclopedias shouldn't be used as the only resource in research. I think that Wikipedia was used as the only resource for many years, and now we are learning more about different literacies and being critical consumers of information. I believe this is one of the reasons why Wikipedia citations have gone down since 2007.
ReplyDeleteI agree that it is important for students to be skeptical of information they find on the Internet. The article you included was interesting. Being able to evaluate the articles for accuracy is vitally important.
ReplyDeleteLove the image...I can't stop smiling...so cute!!!!
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