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1 online resource (xvii, 293 pages) : illustrations. |
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Literacy, language, and learning |
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Language, literacy, and learning.
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Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
""CLASH!""; ""Superheroic Yet Sensible Strategies for Teaching the New Literacies Despite the Status Quo""; ""A volume in""; ""Literacy, Language, and Learning""; ""Series Editor: Patricia Ruggiano Schmidt, Le Moyne College""; ""CONTENTS""; ""Part I: Batman Begins, Simply""; ""1. The Cold, Hard Cash of Truth About Literacy in the Twenty-First Century""; ""2. ãaȶAnd Now ãaÈ? A Word From Our StudentsãaÈ?: Creating Better Writers and Thinkers by Having Students Study, Write and Film TV Commercials""; ""3. Superheroic Resourcefulness: Expanding Literacy and Engagement Through YouTube"" |
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""Part II: The Force is with Reluctant New Media Adopters""""4. Popular Culture as a Sponsor of Literacy: Confronting the CLASH! BOOM! POW! in the Basic Writing Classroom""; ""5. Making Messes and Meaning With Wikis and Blogs""; ""6. ãaȶAre You Now or Have You Ever Been?ãaÈ? Teaching ãaȶWriterlyãaÈ? Confidence, Media Literacy, and Historical, Civic, and Cultural Awareness With This I Believe""; ""Part III: Bringing an X-Mentality to the Everyday Classroom""; ""7. Teaching Poetry in a Freestyle World: A Pedagogy for the Unimpressed"" |
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""8. Capitalizing on Digital Literacy: Visual Rhetoric, the Graphic Novel, and Academic Identity""""9. Unraveling the Riddler: New Media, Technology, and Literacies in Exploring Heroes and Superheroes""; ""10. Changing the World, One Zip Code at a Time""; ""11. New Media as Instructional Supports in Inclusive Classrooms""; ""part iv: From Indiana Jones to Buzz Lightyear: Moving Literacy from the Temple of Memory to Infinity and Beyond""; ""12. Taking Risks and (Re)defining Expertise: Facilitating the Move From Consumption to Production in the Use of Digital Media"" |
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""13. Composing Digitally and Learning Languages: Using Linguistic Models of Competency to Teach Multimedia Assignments""""14. Remembering: The Past and the Future""; ""15. Grappling with the Infonauts: Archival Literacy and the Fight for Memory""; ""Literacy, Language, and Learning""; ""CLASH!""; ""Superheroic Yet Sensible Strategies for Teaching the New Literacies Despite the Status Quo""; ""edited by""; ""Sandra A. Vavra and Sharon L. Spencer North Carolina Central University""; ""Information Age Publishing, Inc.""; ""Charlotte, North Carolina • www.infoagepub.com""; ""Foreword"" |
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""Chris M. Anson""""Reference""; ""PREFACE""; ""The Cold, Hard Cash of Truth about Literacy in the twenty-first Century""; ""By Sandra A. Vavra and Sharon L. Spencer""; ""ãaȶIãaÈ?m about to write you a reality check. Or would you prefer the cold, hard cash of truth?ãaÈ?""; ""ãaÈ?Marvel Comics""; ""Despite decades of research and good-faith efforts by many expert professionals and states to address the literacy achievement gap, reports from credible bodies like the National Center for Education Statistics (National Center for Education Statisti ... "" |
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Educational technology -- Study and teaching (Secondary)
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Educational technology -- Study and teaching (Higher)
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Education -- Effect of technological innovations on.
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EDUCATION -- Computers & Technology.
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| Added Author |
Vavra, Sandra.
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Spencer, Sharon L.
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| Added Title |
Superheroic yet sensible strategies for teaching the new literacies despite the status quo |
| Other Form: |
Print version: 9781617355189 1617355186 (DLC) 2011025345 |
| ISBN |
1617355194 (electronic bk.) |
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9781617355196 (electronic bk.) |
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