Adolescents and Digital Literacies: Learning Alongside Our Students (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780814152997)

Sara Kajder examines ways in which teachers and students co-construct new literacies through Web 2.0 technology-infused instructional practices.

This book isn't about technology. It's about the teaching practices that technology enables. Instead of focusing on where to point and click, this book addresses the ways in which teachers and students work together to navigate continuous change and what it means to read, write, view, listen, and communicate in the twenty-first century. Sara Kajder (a nationally recognized expert on technology and literacy) recognizes that students are reading and writing every day in their "real lives." Drawing on ideas found in Adolescent Literacy: An NCTE Policy Research Brief, Kajder offers solutions for connecting these activities with the literacy practices required by classroom curricula. Through extensive interviews and classroom experiences, Kajder offers examples of both students and teachers who have successfully integrated technology to enrich literacy learning. As part of the Principles in Practice imprint, Adolescents and Digital Literacies: Learning Alongside Our Students offers critical consideration of students' in-school and out-of-school digital literacy practices in a practical, friendly, and easily approachable manner.

Author: Sara Kajder
ISBN-10: 0814152996
ISBN-13: 9780814152997
Publisher: National Council of Teachers of English (Ncte
Language: English
Published: 01/17/2010
Pages: 119
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 9.20h x 7.40w x 0.40d