Lankshear & Knobel (2006) discuss remixing in a digital world as a new form of writing. Students make new texts by remixing old ones and incorporating pieces of themselves, this is seen in a variety of types of fan fiction. Students learn to write not by completing skills worksheets, but by writing. Writing is not the only form of digital remixing, artwork can also be remixed to engage student interest, develop identity and form new literacy understanding.
Smithsonian Ameriacan Art Gallery Podcast project: http://americanart.si.edu/education/activities/podcasts/
The gallery provides project resources to create podcasts in classrooms. The gallery then posts the podcasts on their site. They come from around the world.
Booksie: Students and adults can post poems, short stories, and other written works into this open forum for discussion. Students can get advice from other writers as they are working on their own story.
Shakespeare Mash Up Example of a high school production of multiple Shakespeare plays. Remixing requires students to understand the content so they can create something new.
Remixing with Pixlr
Pixlr is a free web based photo editor. Students can use it to remix works of art or bring new meaning to existing ideas. This link is an example of an art teacher who used Pixlr to teach students about surrealism.
References
Lankshear, C. & Knobel, M. (2006). New Literacies: Everyday practices & classroom learning, 2nd edition (Chapter 4, pp. 105-136). Berkshire, England: Open University Press.
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