"Computers can be the technical foundation of a new and dramatically enhanced literacy….."

Changing Minds: Computers, Learning, and Literacy
- Andrea A. DiSESSA
A book review Summer 2001 by Ellen Allen, Julie Fleming, & Kathleen Kendall   for ASUW 
EMC 598 Implication of Technology Integration   

 

 

             

Prof. Andrea DiSessa is a graduate of MIT in Physics.  He is the Prof. of Education in Math, Science, and Technology at Berkeley. To read more
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Ideas about the components of literacy are wide and varied.  Mr. DiSessa uses his own experiences to explore the definition of literacy and demonstrates technology can be an integral part of the personal development of thought and action.

DiSessa uses a three pronged approach to explain how computers can be the basis for a new literacy. 
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A.  Cognitive View: The author discusses how well computers support and cultivate intuitive knowledge.

B.  Material View: DiSessa explains how to design computer systems that are comprehensive and powerful. With these systems it is possible to create two-way literacies, where everyone is a creator and consumer of new material forms.

C. Social View:  Computers support fixed and representational forms of literacy. Students actively engaged in learning increase their levels of accomplishment. 

 

Long-term implications indicate master teachers will consider the many aspects of their mentoring roll. The changing attitudes about literacy and technology will determine how students will be challenged in their abilities, how they expand their understandings and how they develop in social interactions.

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