Talks and Presentations

A selection from 2004-2007

Colin Lankshear and Michele Knobel

This site presents some of the papers we have presented jointly and individually at various conferences, symposia, and public events since 2004.

Researching new literacies: Web 2.0 practices and insider perspectives (Paper presented to the CSSE 25th Annual Conference, Saskatoon, 29 May, 2007)

Digital Remix: The Art and Craft of Endless Hybridization (Keynote presented to the International Reading Association Pre-Conference Institute "Using Technology to Develop and Extend the Boundaries of Literacy", Toronto, 13 May 2007). This paper is soon to appear in the Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy; email us if you'd like to know more.

The Stuff of New Literacies (Paper presented to the Mary Lou Fulton Symposium, Arizona State University, 24 April 2007)

Virtual Machinations: New Literacies, Popular Media, and Taking Risks in Education (Invited public lecture for the opening of the new student Media Center, University of Delaware. Newark, Delaware, Thursday, March 15 2007)

Blogging as Participation: The active sociality of a new literacy (Paper presented to the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, 11 April 2006 )

Memes and affinities: cultural replication and literacy educaton (Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the National Reading Conference, Miami, 30 November 2005 )

Digital Literacies: Policy, Pedagogy and Research Considerations for Education (Opening Plenary Address presented at the ITU Conference, Oslo, 20 October 2005 )

Freedom and Learning in the Network Society (Plenary Address presented at the 12th LERN Learning Conference, Granada, Spain, 13 July 2005 )