Re: [LM_NET] HIT: GEN: A challenge!

[Thomas Kaun <tomkaun@GMAIL.COM>]

Hi, Toni and all.
I see digital, visual and textual literacies as "media" literacies. That is,
they are about how we access and use different media. Of course, digital is
also visual and textual! (What about audio?)
Technology literacy is a misnomer since the use of technology doesn't
necessarily involve literacy (i.e., interpreting through letters/language)
and technology is a huge area that covers practically anything people do.
Information literacy is a different baby all together. It involves using all
the above "literacies" to access, evaluate and use information in creative
and useful ways.
That's why it's hard to clump them all together with one term. Frankly, I
still think information literacy is what we, as professionals, are primarily
responsible for. The media we use to access and use information are just
part of the big picture of info lit.
Tom Kaun

On Fri, Mar 28, 2008 at 9:15 AM, Toni Buzzeo <tonibuzzeo@tonibuzzeo.com>
wrote:

> Thanks to all, I now have some synonyms to scatter about my
> manuscript!  Hope you'll find them useful too!
>
> Toni
>
> ORIGINAL REQUEST: Now that we have our new AASL Standards for the
> 21st Century Learner, when I am writing, I'm not simply using the
> outdated term "information literacy skills."  The first time I
> mention the five literacies, I say "digital, visual, textual,
> technological, and information literacy."  Thereafter, I use the term
> "multiple literacies" as the Standards document itself does.  My
> editor has asked me to think of a synonym for "multiple
> literacies."  I'm stumped.  Any ideas?
>
> RESPONSES:
> Pentacle of skills?
> Collective Literacies?
> the Latin "Literi" or "Literum"?
> Mosaic of Deeper Understanding?
> Diverse Learning Modules?
> Legion of Evaluation Skills?
> Collective Literacy Components?
> Web of Perceptions?
> Mixed Bag O' Library Stuff?????
> Meta-literacy?
> symphonic understandings
>
> Current
> Integral
> Essential
> DIVTT (Divot). Because you will be digging yourself out of a hole if
> you don't get these.
>
>
> My thesaurus search  for multiple came up with Manifold, Numerous,
> Many, Several, Various, Compound
> My search for Literacy showed Articulateness, Intelligence,
> Erudition, Learning, Learnedness, Scholarship, Culture,
> Enlightenment, Edification
>
> I like multiple intellegences, though that comes with its own baggage.
> How about collective intelligences or collected intelligence?
> aggregate/accumulated schemas?
>
> How about "DeViTTI Literacy? (suggested by Michele DeVitti Savvides :>)
>
> Toni
>
>
> Toni Buzzeo, MA, MLIS <mailto:tonibuzzeo@tonibuzzeo.com>
> Maine Library Media Specialist of the Year Emerita
> Maine Association of School Libraries Board Member
> Buxton, ME 04093
> http://www.tonibuzzeo.com
> R is for Research, illustrated by Nicole Wong (Upstart 2008) BRAND NEW!
>
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