| − | The emerging range of technologies around the world has brought people to live close to each other in a world dominated by phone, iPods, blogs and SMS messages Cope and Kalantzis (2009). Today in Dadaab, students in secondary and primary school, many of them have smart phone used for communication mainly on WhatsApp. Early today, I have interacted with my friend who is a teacher at one of the secondary school and he confirmed how the use of media in school becoming part of learning. I was so happy to relate what the teacher told me and what I have learned in this course. He explained that some of the teachers use WhatsApp to communicate with their students through this application and affirm the frequently use of computer lab to do more research during their learning period. | + | The emerging range of technologies around the world has brought people to live close to each other in a world dominated by phone, iPods, blogs and SMS messages Cope and Kalantzis (2009). Today in Dadaab, students in secondary and primary school, many of them have smartphones used for communication mainly on WhatsApp. Early today, I have interacted with my friend who is a teacher at one of the secondary school and he confirmed how the use of media in school becoming part of learning. I was so happy to relate what the teacher told me and what I have learned in this course. He explained that some of the teachers use WhatsApp to communicate with their students through this application and affirm the frequent use of computer labs to do more research during their learning period. |
| − | The formation of the New London Group in 1996 the term multiliteracies made my position strong to support the system within school. The New London Group (1996) believes that if students are taught through a multiliteracies way they will acquire the skills they need in the future to include employment opportunities and also be successful in other social environments. Here, Cope and Kalantzis (2009) reexamined the formation of the New London Group (1996) and determined that the basic shape of their findings had stood the test of time, through the changing world of technology, and is a useful guide to understanding and practice. | + | The formation of the New London Group in 1996 the term multiliteracies made my position strong to support the system within the school. The New London Group (1996) believes that if students are taught through a multiliteracy way they will acquire the skills they need in the future to include employment opportunities and also be successful in other social environments. Here, Cope and Kalantzis (2009) reexamined the formation of the New London Group (1996) and determined that the basic shape of their findings had stood the test of time, through the changing world of technology, and is a useful guide to understanding and practice. |