From Critical Consumers to Critical Producers of Digital Platforms

SMC Author

Clifford Lee

SMC Affiliated Work

1

Status

Faculty

School

Kalmanovitz School of Education

Department

Teacher Education

Document Type

Workshop

Publication Date

2017

Publication / Conference / Sponsorship

Bay Area Writing Project’s Fall Forum: Writing as Civic Engagement: On the Page and in the World

Publisher/Venue

UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA

Description/Abstract

Critical computational literacy (CCL) combines the strengths of critical literacy and computational thinking. Through CCL, youth conceptualize, create, and disseminate digital projects that break silences, expose important truths, and challenge unjust systems, all the while building skills such as coding and design. Participants of this workshop will leave with a robust understanding of the potential and possibilities of urban youth of color in creating mobile and web-based interactives through engaging hands-on activities. We will practice through the creation of infographics that is pertinent to different grade levels and disciplines.

Intended audience: This workshop is most applicable to educators across all content areas, especially those in grades 7-12.

Clifford H. Lee is an associate professor in the Kalmanovitz School of Education at Saint Mary’s College of California. As a former secondary, public school English, Social Studies, and Media Arts teacher in East Oakland, his interests and passions remain focused on transforming the educational trajectories for urban youth of color. He is also the Scholar-in-Residence at Youth Radio.

Disciplines

Education

Original Citation

Lee, C. (2017). From Critical Consumers to Critical Producers of Digital Platforms. Workshop presentation at Bay Area Writing Project’s Fall Forum: Writing as Civic Engagement: On the Page and in the World, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA.

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