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=Welcome to Our Writing Collective!=

This is where you'll be posting your two exposition papers for review and comments.

What do do...
1. Click on the "New Page" tab in the left-hand menu. 2. Copy and paste in your paper. Make use of Wikispaces formatting tools and codes, if needed. Make sure there's some kind of identifier on your paper that links it to you (your name, your alias) 3. Create a link from your new page to this page. Include your name or alias and some text describing the purpose of, or the position taken in, your paper (think micro abstract). 4. Read other people's papers and leave substantive comments under the "Discussion" tab (found in the tab set running above this writing space)

**Some useful how-to guidelines for using/writing a wikispaces wiki**
The best way to learn is to jump right in by clicking on the discussion link or tap at the top of the page and writing something in response to this 'getting started' page.

Wikispaces also has a short introduction on how to add pages, edit existing pages, insert images and video, and the like.

Here's a quick guide to formatting text, too. It includes things like how to indent text for quotes,

The main thing is to jump in and start mucking around and having fun!

Papers currently available:
Participatory Culture > An overview of what a participatory culture is, how many are engaged within it, and are able to create, share, discuss, and provide feedback to others. Also discussed are implications for literacy education.

> Jessica Rudy & Christin Racioppi

Youth and Participatory Culture

A description of what participatory culture is, how society is affected, and its implications for the classroom.

Jennifer D'Alessio

Participatory Culture: Let's Give it a Try

The importance of including New Literacies and participatory culture in the classroom and the obsticles that may stand in the way.

Christy Greco

Participatory Culture

A discussion of what a participatory culture is, how youth are engaging in it and implications for the classroom.

Nicole Tufano

Affinity Spaces

A discussion of Affinity Spaces, Learning & 21st Century Skills.

Donna Brunnquell

Fan fiction and literacy

A description of fan fiction and how the use of it helps to improve students' writing skills.

Jennifer D'Alessio

Donna-Putting Student Learning Online This position paper addresses student online learning, offering meaningful alternatives to commercial online texts and reading comprehension programs. Donna Brunnquell

Skills Digital "Stuff" Promotes > This exposition paper will focus on how technology and media can answer the “so what” and “why” questions. Many educators and school administrators cannot answer these questions when trying to incorporate new technologies into school-based literacy education. Popular culture and technology is dramatically changing and becoming more popular with youth who are growing up in a culture where these mediums have dominated and have been ever-present since they were born. Naturally, today’s youth are drawn toward and have become acquainted with these new technologies. It only makes sense that teachers and school administrators incorporate them into the classroom.

Christin Racioppi and Jessica Rudy

New Literacies and Fanfiction

This paper discusses new literacies, fanfiction, it's importance and why we should be using it in the classroom.

By Nicole A. Tufano