Jason Bagent's List: Digital Literacy Skills

"literacy has become a deictic term; its meaning is continually changing, dependent upon the technological context in which it occurs" (Leu, Caity's)

Leu, D. Caity's Question: Literacy as Deixis on the Internet. http://www.readingonline.org/electronic/RT/caity.html [Oct. 18, 1999]

Both groups managed to successfully find the answers to the task and present their work. There were, however, noticeable differences in how the work was presented. The low immersion group tended to write out the questions and then answer them underneath, while the high immersion group presented their work in a much more narrative way. The other noticeable difference was in the formatting of the work. The low immersion group used the default font and text size etc., and no-one inserted a picture into their work, while in the high immersion group, 75% of the students changed the font and text size and 42% added images to their work. The high immersion group presented a better quality of work, so while it could be argued that they spent their time on formatting rather than content, it was observed that they were able to produce a higher quality of work that was also better presented.

The high immersion group tended to have higher levels of engagement when using the computer for writing and drawing. They were also more engaged with the use of digital and video cameras.