New Literacies in Action : Teaching and Learning in Multiple Media

by KIST, WILLIAM; Bloome, David

• ISBN13: 9780807745403
• ISBN10: 0807745405
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-11-01
• Publisher: Teachers College Pr

Summary

What do classroom teachers do on a daily basis to incorporate the study and production of texts in multiple media? What are some of their assignments? How do teachers assign grades in a classroom where the final project may be a sculpture, a film, or a website? This book answers these and many other questions by examining 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, this volume offers practical guidance, including actual lessons, assignments, and assessments that have been used successfully in pioneering classrooms.

Author Biography

William Kist is an assistant professor at Kent State University-Stark Campus, where he teaches literacy methods courses for pre-service teachers.

Table of Contents

Foreword	ix
David Bloome
Acknowledgments	xi
From Polytychs to Instant Messages and Back Again	1	(21)
New Literacies and Adolescent Uses of Media	2	(2)
New Literacy Studies and New Literacies	4	(7)
Terminology	11	(2)
Researching New Literacies Classrooms	13	(6)
What's New in New Literacies?	19	(3)
Translation and Fluency in an Urban High School Interdisciplinary Classroom	22	(22)
A Nontraditional Class	23	(1)
The Setting	24	(2)
Elements of Arts Seminar	26	(7)
The Monument Project	33	(5)
What the Students Say	38	(3)
Pioneering Steps of Arts Seminar	41	(3)
Designing Space in a Rural Classroom	44	(17)
The Setting	45	(1)
An Award-Winning School and Classroom	46	(5)
The Advertising Project	51	(3)
Students at Work	54	(7)
``A Dot-Com with Salsa''	61	(16)
The School and the Teachers	62	(2)
The Creation of the Education Technology Team	64	(2)
Elements of SFETT	66	(7)
Showtime: The iCan Film Festival	73	(4)
New Literacies and the School Librarian	77	(15)
The Setting	78	(2)
Library in Action	80	(6)
What the Students Say	86	(3)
Role of Librarian	89	(1)
Postscript	90	(2)
New Literacies and At-Risk Students	92	(14)
The Setting and the Program	93	(9)
What the Students Say	102	(2)
Postscript	104	(2)
New Literacies and High School English	106	(20)
The School and the Curriculum	108	(4)
Structure: First Looks, Seminars, and Second Looks	112	(2)
Using New Literacies	114	(5)
What the Students Say	119	(7)
Final Thoughts: ``My Grandchildren's Time Zone''	126	(17)
Trends of the Data	127	(12)
Can New Literacies Be Taught in the Current K-12 School Structure?	139	(4)
Appendix: New Literacy Classroom Characteristic Scale	143	(2)
References	145	(10)
Index	155	(6)
About the Author	161