Introduction

The following blog is a 3 cycle 6 action research, action, and reflection project on students and their use and creation of various digital literacy medias. This project has only begun to skim the surface of these new and important literacies in my teaching. In order to fully prepare our students for this vast and constantly changing world, it is of the utmost importance to prepare our students for the use of these 'new' literacies. "In contemporary societies, we must now include texts created via digital technologies when we speak of the texts that cocoon us in everyday lives and allow us to make our way through the city as we navigate our various social, political, cultural and economic obligations." (Carrington & Robbinson, 2009)

The following cycles take the reader through a collaborative and social process that begins with students using digital literacies for their inquiries, all the way to beginning the creation of a digital literacy project. Before being immersed in this digital literacy world as my students and I have been and continue to be, you will learn of my rationale for this project, as well as the positionality that brought me here. You will learn practical, and user friendly ways to make all of this happen in any classroom. This is the future of education, and the future is here!