Enhancing scientific inquiry and practicing new literacy skills through ICTs and Mobile Device
Abstract: New literacy has become an important set of knowledge and skills students need to participate fully into their civic life in a global era. The optimal way of cultivating these literacy skills lies in the successful integration of technology into content area learning. This research is an exploratory case study to examine the feasibility of integrating new literacy into science classroom instruction. Three middle school science teachers implemented a learning module designed to incorporate new literacies and science literacy components. The results suggest that integration of information and communication technologies (ICTs) and mobile device allow students to practice new literacy, to conduct authentic inquiry activities, to facilitate their cognitive skills, and to establish a sense of learning community.