ABSTRACT
This chapter examines new literacy activities in which students are engaged, with a special focus on how student creativity can be enabled through participation in such activity. It begins by providing a definition of new media and multiliteracies as constructed by the New London Group, followed with theoretical analysis of the personal and knowledge-based transformations made possible through interaction with new media and multiliteracies. The chapter discusses the modes of participation that characterize student involvement and the social context for these practices. It then discusses the various multimodal practices that students engage in across various Internet spaces. It focuses on two compelling aspects of new media literacy such as remixing-a new creative multiliteracies practice-and digital storytelling-a new art form that has developed in conjunction with the growth of digital technology and the Internet. Creative multimodal expression is a primary mode of participation in Internet culture.
