Literacy in a Digital World : Teaching and Learning in the Age of Information

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In this book, Kathleen Tyner examines the tenets of literacy through a historical lens to demonstrate how new communication technologies are resisted and accepted over time. New uses of information for teaching and learning create a ""disconnect"" in the complex relationship between literacy and schooling, and raise questions about the purposes of literacy in a global, networked, educational environment. The way that new communication technologies change the nature of literacy in contemporary society is discussed as a rationale for corresponding changes in schooling. Digital technolo.  Read more... Abstract: In this book, Kathleen Tyner examines the tenets of literacy through a historical lens to demonstrate how new communication technologies are resisted and accepted over time. New uses of information for teaching and learning create a ""disconnect"" in the complex relationship between literacy and schooling, and raise questions about the purposes of literacy in a global, networked, educational environment. The way that new communication technologies change the nature of literacy in contemporary society is discussed as a rationale for corresponding changes in schooling. Digital technolo Content: Cover Half-title Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Contents ACKNOWLEDGMENTS INTRODUCTION 1 PAUSE ON LITERACY FAST FORWARD Rewind to Referencing Past Literacy Through a Glass Darkly Literacy and Schooling On the Horns of Plato's Dilemma 2 EXPANDING LITERACY Literacy as Discourse: Theory at the Turn of the 21st Century The Discourse of Schooling Literacy Myths and Their Consequences When Past and Future Collide Erasing the Myths of Literacy Avoiding False Dichotomies 3 DIVERGENCE AND CONVERGENCE ON THE ELECTRONIC FRONTIER Mass Communication Study at the Crossroads. Scanning the FaultlineIn Search of Digital Literacy Whatcha Doin' Marshall McLuhan? From Oral to Print to Electronic and Back Again Converging Literacy, Communication, and Educational Theory 4 SPLINTERING LITERACIES A New Literacy for a New Age A Case for Multiliteracies 5 BEYOND ACCESS Educational Technology: Tools in Search of a Theory Networked Computers as Literacy Computers as Literacy The Sum of the Parts Literacy Tools in Action: Crossing the Divide Reframing the Access Issue 6 REPRESENTING LITERACY IN THE AGE OF INFORMATION Linking Literacies The Literacy of Libraries. A Closer Look at Visual LiteracyVisual Literacy in Practice: Codes and Contexts (What in the World Is) Media Literacy? Media Education in Europe Defining Media Literacy Constituencies for Media Literacy Education Media Teaching About Media Media Education in Print 7 TREADING WATER: MEDIA EDUCATION IN THE UNITED STATES Dissecting the Critical Viewing Movement of the 1970s Conflicting Purposes of Literacy Protecting Other People's Children Jammin' for a Better Tomorrow 8 MOVING TOWARD AN ACQUISITION MODEL OF MEDIA EDUCATION An Arts-Based Approach to Media Education. The San Francisco Digital Media Center: An Arts-Based Approach in ActionCritical Democratic Approaches to Media Education 9 REPRESENTING DIVERSITY-MEDIA ANALYSIS IN PRACTICE Diversity and the Myth of Educational Failure Teaching in the Diverse Classroom Diversity and the Pop Culture Canon The Case for Cognitive Apprenticeships in Language and Literacy Learning Cognitive Apprenticeships in the Diverse Classroom Cognitive Apprenticeships for Media Education Cognitive Apprenticeships With Student-Produced Work The Case for Video Production in the Diverse Classroom. Video as a Scaffolding MediumRepresentation and Reproduction 10 TOWARD AN INTERACTIVE EDUCATION Coming to Consensus The Marriage of Analysis and Production In Search of Media Education Standards Exemplary Media Education Standards in the United States Research and Practice Scaling Up Local Critical Literacy Efforts Why Media Education? AFTERWORD: A TALE OF TWO CITIES Literacy in a Rural Setting Literacy in an Urban Landscape APPENDIX: Global Multiliteracy Networks REFERENCES AUTHOR INDEX SUBJECT INDEX.