SOCIAL LITERACY

What is social literacy ?

Social literacy, from the perspective of the social-cultural theory, is more

than the ability to read and write, and more than mastering literacy skills.
Children can learn literacy through social interaction between themselves
and children and/or adults in or outside school . Adults can use books,
games, toys, conversations, field trips, and stories to develop the literacy
practices through fun.
An individual’s activity to successfully and deliberately mediate their word
as family members, workers, citizens and lifelong learners.
This refers to the development of social skills to interact positively in a
defined environment.
Why is Social Literacy is Important?

Social literacy is important because students must learn the necessary skills to
communicate and widen their social circles.
It is more important to make sure students interact in groups. By
working in groups the students are practicing social skills that can be
applied within and outside of the classroom.
Students who don’t
interact are known as
socially illiterate
Being socially illiterate causes
Lack of confidence
Learning disabilities
Depression
Social Literacy Skills

Maintaining Eye contact

Understanding angry feelings
Collaborating ideas
Discussion
Ability to meet new people
In the Age of the Smartphone, Students Need Help with
Social Literacy

Today’s students have grown up with the internet, with cellphones

becoming something of an extra appendage. Many can’t make it through
lunch (much less a whole day) without checking their phones or otherwise
interacting with technology. Always-on culture has been a challenge for
recent graduates who entered the workforce without the social intelligence
that came naturally to their older co-workers. This situation underscores
the importance of educating students in what could be called social literacy
to ensure their academic and career success.
How is it changing?
In today’s changing society we have moved from encouraging a strict
definition of social skills as conversation skills to a more broad
understanding of social literacy. Today it is important to tie in
technology when teaching social literacy because this is an important
feature of how individuals communicate.
Social Literacy and Technology
As technology begins to play a larger part of our daily interaction, the
importance of Social Literacy increases immensely.
 Teaching students to become socially literate, and how to express
themselves correctly can help to prevent bullying over the internet.
Communicating through technology also becomes more frequent as
students grow and enter adulthood.
TECHNOLOGY
CAN BE USED
TO TEACH
SOCIAL LITERACY
YouTube
This website support Social Literacy because students can watch
videos displaying how other people communicate. They can get in
touch with all different kinds of people from all over the world. They
can also practice their own communication skills by creating their
own videos and sharing it with the YouTube world.
Facebook
This site allows students to keep in touch with people from where
ever they may be. Students can keep in touch with family and peers
through this website on personal level through pictures and statuses
and even a chat feature. One way a teacher could use Facebook is by
creating a class group to keep each other up to date about upcoming
assignment or events going on at school.
Google
Google Docs allows a team of people to collaborate on the same page
at the same time. This can be used as an instructional strategy to
encourage students to investigate, write, and work together in
discussion. This is a great technology to use to incorporate Social
Literacy in the classroom because the students are able to learn
together.
How can be this taught?
This should be taught to children through communication in order to
obtain great social skills.
Using Social literacy online during a group project, or communicating
with classmate is an important way for students to practice the basic
concepts of literacy.