UNCG Universities and Online Education Critical Literacy

Literacy in School

“Critical approaches reposition teachers and students to deconstruct dominant selective traditions in schools and society, particularly in the complex textual and multimedia environment of navigating and remixing digitally mediated texts” (42).

Critical Literacy: Ideology

“Literacy is ideological because people master the codes and conventions of their communities, which have differing degrees of alignment with the literacy practices valued by the dominant, white culture” (44).Take one concept from the reading and convert it into an image. That is, translate the words you have read into an image that captures the ideas as you understood them through reading. For example, how would you draw the idea of literacy, or knowledge, power or access, so that another person could understand the concept from your image without reading the text. You can take a photo of your image or use an app or program to create it. You don’t need to worry about being creative or clever. Stick figures are fine, or you can do more if creating images appeals to you.

Critical Literacy and Digital Commerce

Critical Literacy: Universities and Online Education

Upload your image to the discussion board to share with your classmates. How do you feel about sharing it? What it was like to turn a written text into a visual image. What kinds of thinking/analysis skills did you need/use? In what way did the process add to your ideas/thinking/understanding of the concept you chose to interpret? How might this kind of translation process help you process information in other professional or personal contexts? That is, what other kinds of “texts” can you visualize in an image to gain deeper understanding or an alternative perspective?