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
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Literacy-- Social aspects-- United States
Mass media and education-- United States
Media literacy-- Study and teaching-- United States