Carolyn Salazar New Media & New Literacies: Taking Assignment Feedback to a New Level

Often when students are asked to present information to the class for a project or for a narrative unit in English Language Arts (ELA), they must present the information solely in writing. As the subject ELA entails writing and reading as the specific measurements of learning, this does not mean that students can not have the liberty of presenting their information in digital formats. The use of technology helps students to express their work in different ways. In thinking about the personal narrative unit in my curriculum, I believe that the method of delivery can be tailored to the interest of each student. Providing students with guidelines for acquiring the information and organizing the information achieves the same outcome even if the students choose a different method of presentation, then just standard paper and pencil. I plan to research the benefits of student learning and skill growth when given the liberty to use various online medias and literacies to construct a personal narrative and the benefits of specific and quick feedback from the teacher to help the student grow. The benefits include saving time on receiving feedback, ease of typing information, specific teacher feedback within the digital platform, and ability to allow online collaboration in groups.

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