Review of Flikr.com

This is a great website that features photo's from across the world. It also allows you to upload and organise your own photos and share them with the global community. It's also very user friendly and great for beginners.

Review of video on Digital and critical Literacy

The video provided some insite into how students can obtain relevant and interesting  information on a topic using Web 2 technology. The students can use new literacies to further obtain information and to share what they learnt. It was also interesting to hear and see how other countries have adopted new literacies and a teaching tool in the classroom.

Definition of New Literacies

New literacies are tools used to communicate in the era of Web 2 technology. New literacies encompass many things that enable the user to 'share' information with other participants across the globe. Sharing information on the web allows for the building of knowledge with blogs, virtual worlds and social networking sites creating virtual communities.