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Slideshow for presentation to First Year students on MUST 1009, March 2007, De Montfort University. Sue Thomas
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http://www.transliteracy.com Professor Sue Thomas | De Montfort University
Writing & Transliteracy
MUST 1009 - 15 March 2007Professor Sue Thomas
[email protected] 1.01d x8266
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http://www.transliteracy.com Professor Sue Thomas | De Montfort University
WritingThe action of one who writes e.g.
penmanship, handwriting, typewriting etc (ME 1000-1400AD); the action of composing
and committing to manuscript including style, manner, literary expression (late ME)
music (1782)That which is in a written state or form; work;
document; deed; inscription (ME)
http://www.transliteracy.com Professor Sue Thomas | De Montfort University
TransliteracyThe ability to read, write and interact across a range of platforms and tools from orality
through print, TV, radio and film, to networked digital media.
http://www.transliteracy.com Professor Sue Thomas | De Montfort University
Read Write Interact
Book √
Email √ √
TV √
MySpace √ √ √
Blackboard √ √ √
MP3 √ √
More…?
http://www.transliteracy.com Professor Sue Thomas | De Montfort University
http://www.transliteracy.com Professor Sue Thomas | De Montfort University
Media Literacy 'The ability to access, understand and create communications in a variety of contexts.' (Ofcom,
2003)+
Digital Literacy 'The ability to understand and use information in multiple formats from a wide range of
sources when it is presented via computers.' (Gilster, 1997)+
More: a sense of history, culture, production and interaction (help needed with this bit!)
= Transliteracy 'The ability to read, write and interact across
a range of platforms and tools from orality through print, TV, radio and film, to networked digital media.' (PART,
2006)
http://www.transliteracy.com Professor Sue Thomas | De Montfort University
Singin in the Rain
(1951) Set late 1920s
Excerpt 8 mins
What literacy is missing here?
[While you watch, keep adding to your chart]
http://www.transliteracy.com Professor Sue Thomas | De Montfort University
Web 2.0..The Machine is Us/ing Us
Michael Wesch (2007)
4 mins
What kind of literacy is this?
[remember your chart!]
http://www.transliteracy.com Professor Sue Thomas | De Montfort University
How to use BloglinesSue Thomas (a few weeks ago)
3 mins
Literacy?
[remember chart!]
http://www.transliteracy.com Professor Sue Thomas | De Montfort University
Epic 2015Robin Sloan, Museum of Media History (2005)
8 mins
What future literacies can you imagine?
[chart!]
http://www.transliteracy.com Professor Sue Thomas | De Montfort University
Find out more
Production and Research in Transliteracy
(PART)
www.transliteracy.com
http://www.transliteracy.com Professor Sue Thomas | De Montfort University
Find out more
MA in Creative Writing and New Media
http://www.creativewritingandnewmedia.com
http://www.transliteracy.com Professor Sue Thomas | De Montfort University
Find out more
Chris Joseph
Digital Writer-in-Residence, IOCT
http://www.chrisjoseph.org
http://www.transliteracy.com Professor Sue Thomas | De Montfort University
Read Write Interact
Book
TV
MySpace
Blackboard
MP3
More…?
http://www.transliteracy.com Professor Sue Thomas | De Montfort University
DMU projects to watchOnline MA in Creative Writing and New Media http://www.creativewritingandnewmedia.com Writing and the Digital Life blog and email list http://www.hum.dmu.ac.uk/blogs/wdl/ Production and Research in Transliteracy (PART) http://www.transliteracy.comTags, Networks, Narratives http://www.hum.dmu.ac.uk/blogs/tnn/ Chris Joseph, Digital Writer-in-Residence, http://www.chrisjoseph.org IOCT Salon http://www.ioctsalon.com Institute of Creative Technologies http://www.ioct.dmu.ac.uk/
Dates for your DMU diaryApril 5, Low Brow Trash at the IOCT Salon http://www.ioctsalon.com June 8, First UK Conference on Women, Blogging & Business http://www.nlabwomen.com July 4, Alan Liu, Professor of English, University of California Santa Barbara, IOCT http://www.ioct.dmu.ac.uk/wp/ July 10, Tags, Networks, Narratives Public Seminar, IOCT (Bruce Mason, Sue Thomas and others) http://www.hum.dmu.ac.uk/blogs/tnn/
Further reading Tim O’Reilly ‘What is Web 2.0?’ http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/oreilly/tim/news/2005/09/30/what-is-web-20.html Kevin Kelly, We Are The Web Wired 13.08, August 2005 http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/13.08/tech_pr.html Thomas, S. Transliteracy - reading in the digital age, English Subject Centre Newsletter http://www.english.ltsn.ac.uk/explore/publications/newsletters/newsissue9/thomas.htm Thomas, S. Del.icio.us. way to talk Times Higher Education Supplement, 27 October 2005 http://www.hum.dmu.ac.uk/blogs/wdl/2005/11/_delicious_way_to_talk__times.html Sloan, R. & Thompson, M. Epic (Movie file) http://epic.makingithappen.co.uk/ Sue’s guide to adding a site to Bloglines http://www.hum.dmu.ac.uk/~sthomas/bloglinesfeed1/bloglinesfeed1.html