Remixing the Word and the World: Critical Computational Literacies in Virtual and Physical Spaces (Poster 6)

• In Event: Advancing Digital Literacies Research Through Critical Collaborative Conversations

Abstract

Critical computational literacies capture the intersection between critical literacy and computational thinking (Lee & Soep, 2016), centering storytelling (Shaw et al., 2021) in learners’ making for social change (Tucker-Raymond et al., 2022). In this poster, we describe critical computational literacies as ways that learners use computational tools (digital, mobile, and advanced manufacturing) to highlight ideologies, identities, and other characteristics of sociopolitical systems to engage people in dialogic action and conversation. Through examples from our collective work, we highlight how learners reconfigure social relations in learning settings to be more empowering and dialogic.

Authors

• Clifford H. Lee, Northeastern University

• Eli Tucker-Raymond, Boston University

• Brian E. Gravel, Tufts University

• L Clara Mabour, Tufts University

• Yume Menghe Xu, Tufts University

• Clifford Freeman, Boston University