Literary learning
Literary learning was a novel term for me until I explored the module 6 in my subject literature across the curriculum. Traditionally literacy means to read, write and comprehend varied texts to be able to communicate and absorb knowledge efficiently which helps students to be active and informed citizens. However, in today’s technology-driven society, the term literacy has come to refer to the capacity to successfully transmit and absorb information through a multitude of means (Bales, 2019).
Trans literacy helps to be being literate in the twenty first century. It is not limited to one technology but places a greater emphasis on the social applications of technology, whatever that technology may be ( Newman, 2017 ).
For being multiliterate student need to be competent in visual, literary, digital and technical areas.
Visual literacy: It analyses the picture and conveys the meaning and purpose which helps to deliver information properly and efficiently.
Textual literacy: Textual literacy is the student’s ability to analyse, understand and evaluate what is comprehended from the narratives and communicate effectively in writing.
Digital literacy: Digital literacy helps to assess digital sources and identify the purpose, goal, and credibility of any article. It is an essential skill for students to develop because it helps them to differentiate true and fake news.
Technological literacy: A technologically literate student uses technology ethically, responsibly and correctly. It helps create awareness about digital safety, abide copy right rules while doing assignments and respect others ideas and perspectives (Bales, 2019).
As an information expert a teacher librarian (TL)must promote good information seeking behaviour by including digital literacy across the curriculum. TL should collaborate with teachers to assist teaching and learning through explicit and implicit behaviours. Implicit techniques include introduction of maker spaces in the library, integration of skills within curricular units, the provision of carefully chosen resources that assist learning and explicitly by direct training and evaluation of skills in activities (Templeton, 2021).
References
Bales, K. (2019, July 3). Mulitiple literacies: Definitions, types, and classroom strategies. ThoughtCo. https://www.thoughtco.com/multiple-literacies-types-classroom-strategies-4 177323 (https://www.thoughtco.com/multiple-literacies-types-classroom-strategies-4177323)
Ipri, T., & Newman, B. (2017). Beginner’s guide to transliteracy: Where did the term transliteracy come from? Libraries and Transliteracy. https://librariesandtransliteracy.wordpress.com/beginners-guide-to-transliter acy/ (https://librariesandtransliteracy.wordpress.com/beginners-guide-to-transliteracy/)
Templeton, T. (27 July, 2021b) Digital literacy and teacher librarian- Part Two. https://www.softlinkint.com/blog/digital-literacy-and-the-teacher-librarian-part-two/