Mike Wesch and New London Group

 

The segment of New London Group that my group discussed defines multiliteracies as communication channels within cultural and linguistic diversity. I think it is interesting that success with modern literacy in a society depends on new vocabulary and new social relationships of work.  The Mike Wesch video states that digital text can do better because form and content can be separated. Using the web started a “human teaching the machine” revolution. The web is not just linking information, it is linking people. The video ends with a controversial statement saying because the web has increased and has started linking people, we now have to rethink definitions of communication, love, rhetoric, and so much more.  This video tells a multiliteracy story because the web is now a channel of communication in diversity and requires people to acquire new vocabulary and social relationships.