Humanizing Digital Literacies: A Road Trip in Search of Wisdom and Insight. (30th May 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Rowsell, Jennifer; Burke, Anne; Flewitt, Rosie; Liao, Han‐Teng; Lin, Angel; Marsh, Jackie; Mills, Kathy; Prinsloo, Mastin; Rowe, Deborah; Wohlwend, Karen
• Is Part Of: Reading teacher. Volume 70:Number 1(2016:Sep.)
• Page Start: 121
• Page End: 129
• Publication Date: 2016-05-30
• Subjects: To inform instruction -- as inquiry -- Imagery -- visualizing -- Text features -- Critical analysis -- New literacies -- Popular culture -- Specific media (hypertext, Internet, film, music, etc.) -- Visual literacy -- Socioeconomic factors -- English language learners -- English learners -- English as a second language -- English for speakers of other languages -- Choice -- preference -- Interest -- Ethnography -- 2‐Childhood; Reading (Elementary) -- Periodicals; Reading -- Periodicals; Reading -- Remedial teaching -- Periodicals; 372.405
• DOI: 10.1002/trtr.1501
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0034-0561

Abstract

Abstract: Digital literacies abound in playing a foundational role in the rhythm and pattern of our lives, yet debates continue about how to harness them to teach and learn literacy. In an effort to humanize digital literacies, this department column offers a vast array of topics, from participatory work that pushes educators and researchers to communicate in local and global spaces to ways of redefining core reading and literacy skills through a screen‐based, multimodal logic. This column also provides a venue for research and practical applications that depict technology use as a part of the fabric of being human. The column helps educators reconceptualize the ways that children learn with technology, media, and new communication systems; honors educator success stories and burning questions and issues; and reimagines literacy futures.