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 * Roles:** Group Leader, Archivist 1, Archivist 2, Wordle-er or Word Cloud Crafter,Timekeeper, Idea Contributors

//Preface:// After freewriting facilitated by Dr. Young in class, each group member should have sent their Individual Literacy Definitions & New Literacy Definitions to the Group Leader for your group. Also, your group should have created a collaborative definition for New Literacies. This too should have been saved by your Group Leader.

With this information in hand, we will proceed as follows:

**Directions:** 1. Group Leader should review directions and make sure everyone has a role (perhaps more than one role depending on numbers). 2. Group Leader should pull up Word doc with definitions and sign into the wiki. To prevent overwriting on the wiki, the group should work from the Group Leader's laptop. 3. Archivist 1 should review the individual definitions with the group and then copy and paste them in the appropriate categories below. Make sure names are included with the definitions. Post, click save, and then edit again. 4. Archivist 2 should review the collaborative definition with the group, make any revisions, and then copy and paste it in the appropriate section below. Post and then click save. 5. Next, the Wordle-er or Word Cloud Crafter should open a new tab on the browser to create a New Literacies Wordle ([|http://wordle.net]) or Word Cloud (using another tool, like [] or [] ). by copying and pasting your group definition into the tool. Include your group # in the title to distinguish your particular New Literacies Wordle (e.g., DV-F12 Group 1 New Lit Definition ) or tagxedo or tagul. 6. Once your Wordle or other type of word cloud is created, I encourage you to copy the URL and save it on your wiki page. 7. Next, copy the embed code from your Wordle page. Then click on the Widget button from the edit menu on your group's wiki page. From the menu on the left of the Widget options, choose the Other HTML option and paste in the embed code from your Wordle page into the text box. Click save and you will see a box that says Other Widget. Click save to save the wiki page, and you should see the Wordle you created! [//Note//: The image can also be saved as a jpg and then inserted as an image file.] 9. At this point, we will begin the next step -- planning a short digital video, so let Dr. Y know when you're ready!

**OUR INDIVIDUAL INITIAL LITERACY DEFINITIONS**
 * **Kelsey:** Literacy in my opinion is the way you read, write and speak. To be literate is to be proficient in all of these things at the level that you are in. Literacy should be taught in every classroom and it should be mandatory for the students to know the basics of whatever level they are in.
 * **Mary:** My definition of literacy is knowing how to use tools. Literacy is the ability to read, write and comprehend anything.
 * **Michelle:** Literacy is reading, thinking, understanding and writing, in respect to texts (like books, essays, and newspaper articles).
 * **Stephanie D:** Being literate means being able to read, write, and otherwise communicate in a language. Communication takes many forms now, including suing social media, email, and other technology for expression.

**OUR INDIVIDUAL DEFINITIONS OF NEW LITERACIES**
 * **Kelsey:** New literacies are emerging everyday. There are so many ways for students to do reading writing and even speaking using technology these days. You can get almost any book you want on the Internet to read now and there are multiple different sites where you can blog or free write on. In terms of speaking, we have Skype and other types that we can communicate with other people through.
 * **Mary:** New literacies are like I said in the first definition. With each emerging technology you are either literate or not. It can also be like how to use a blu ray player vs. a VHS player. It does not have to be school related.
 * **Michelle:** New literacies involve the ability to read and analyze lots of different sources, like video clips, online websites, articles, and audio clips. I think it also involves the ability to judge a source's credibility, especially online.
 * **Stephanie D:** New literacy is the idea or skill of being competent in using the communications tools of today, like social media, email, skype, texting, and other forms of technology. With this use comes the necessity for critical analysis and interpretation.

** OUR COLLABORATIVE DEFINITION OF NEW LITERACIES: **
 * Literacy is having the ability to communicate by reading and writing and also having the skills to use technology and communication tools. These skills include being able to differentiate between credible sources and pass this knowledge onto others.

**OUR NEW LITERACIES WORDLE OR OTHER WORD CLOUD URL:**
 * http://tagul.com/preview?id=83725@1&name=Cloud%201

**OUR NEW LITERACIES WORDLE OR OTHER WORD CLOUD (EMBEDDED):** media type="custom" key="20709810"

**OUR SOUND BITE (TEXT):** Mary: Literacy is reading a novel or writing a letter

Michelle: Literary is being able to discern whether a source is credible or not

Kelsey: Literacy is sending an email, a facebook message, or a tweet

Stephanie D: Literacy is being able to pass that knowlesge onto others.

**OUR INITIAL NEW LITERACIES DV SOUND BITE (VIDEO):**

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