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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 2 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**
 * Alex: Literacy is the ability to use language in all aspects of your life. Literacy is not just the reading and writing, it includes all the parts of communication such as verbal and non verbal speech.
 * Amanda: Literacy includes all that is written and read. It is everything that is language and ways in which communicate with one another through the physicality of language.
 * Hailee: Literacy is the ability to read, write, and understand. It does not simply mean that you can read a word, but that you can understand the underlying meanings associated with that word.
 * Stephanie:I think that literacy involves having the necessary skills and comprehension levels to read a text that is appropriate for you and being able to fully understand not only the words, but the meaning of the text as well.

**OUR INDIVIDUAL DEFINITIONS OF NEW LITERACIES**
 * Alex: New literacies is the ability to use modern tools for communication. With the ever expanding technology world this can take many forms.
 * Amanda: Not only is it the written language in the form of books and on paper, we now see a new emergence with the technologically advanced generations of this time. We see more reading and writing online, through texting, and other forms of technology.
 * Hailee: I see new literacy focusing much more on technology. By this, I mean that technologies influence has made literacy through technology an entity in itself. This involves having the ability to understand and communicate using technology.
 * Stephanie: I think that new literacy deals with being technology literate. Knowing how to effectively use different technologies to their full purpose and in an appropriate way. an

** OUR COLLABORATIVE DEFINITION OF NEW LITERACIES: **
 * New Literacy is the ability to use modern tools for communication and language with the ever-expanding influences of technology; this can take many different forms.

**OUR NEW LITERACIES WORDLE OR OTHER WORD CLOUD URL:** http://www.tagxedo.com/artful/6c13c3169fc1404f

**OUR NEW LITERACIES WORDLE OR OTHER WORD CLOUD (EMBEDDED):**

**OUR SOUND BITE (TEXT):**

How has literacy evolved with emerging technologies? Literacy is all that is written and read. Literacy involves the necessary skills and comprehension skills to understand underlying meanings. Tools of literacy are print texts, pen, paper, signs, and speech. New Literacy involves the ability to use modern tools for communication and language with the ever-expanding influences of technology; this can take many different forms. Tools of new literacy are computers, websites, electronic readers, phones, and web 2.0 tools.

**OUR INITIAL NEW LITERACIES DV SOUND BITE (VIDEO):** media type="custom" key="20791092"