1. From polytychs to instant messages and back again -- New literacies and adolescent uses of media -- New literacy studies and new literacies -- Terminology -- Researching new literacies classrooms -- What's new in new literacies? -- 2. Translation and fluency in an urban high school interdisciplinary classroom -- A nontraditional class -- The setting -- Elements of arts seminar -- The monument project -- What the students say -- Pioneering steps of arts seminar -- 3. Designing space in a rural classroom -- The setting -- An award-winning school and classroom -- The advertising project -- Students at work -- 4. "A dot-com with salsa" -- The school and the teachers -- The creation of the education technology team -- Elements of SFETT -- Showtime: the iCan film festival -- 5. New literacies and the school librarian -- The setting -- Library in action -- What the students say -- Role of librarian -- 6. New literacies and at-risk students -- The setting and the program -- What the students say -- 7. New literacies and high school English -- The school and the curriculum -- Structure: first looks, seminars, and second looks -- Using new literacies -- What the students say -- 8. Final thoughts: "my grandchildren's time zone" -- Trends of the data -- Can new literacies be taught in the current -- K-12 school structure? -- New literacy classroom characteristic scale
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This book examines the work of pioneers: teachers who have transformed their classrooms in an effort to broaden the literacy of their students, describing some of the most innovative examples of teaching and learning
Literacy-- Social aspects-- United States
Mass media and education-- United States
Media literacy-- Study and teaching-- United States