Week 9 assignment #1

New literacies that evolved from new technologies including text-messaging, blogging, social networking etc. has changed our communication skills not just with students but adults as well.  Blogging is one form of interaction that can be beneficial for developing conventional and new literacy skills.  Blogging can be a good way for teaching and learning literacy because it can be used in all subject areas and it showcases our creativity.  According to the article “The Impact of Using Blogs on College Students Reading Comprehension and Learning Motivation”, the results of the study conducted did not support that using blogs enhanced new literacies, but it did have a positive effect on the way students interact with each other.  The article also touch basis on how important it was for not only students but adults as well to learn these new technologies in order to be successful now and in the future with our changing technologies.