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New Horizons for Learning Online Journal
Vol. XI No. 2, Spring 2005From the Guest Editors
Jennifer Stone & Manka Varghese, University of WashingtonMany U.S. schools—through standards, curricular choices, and assessments—are adopting increasingly narrow versions of what counts as literacy. Simultaneously, however, teachers and their students are faced with increasing cultural and language diversity as well as ever-widening arrays of textual possibilities. In this issue, we have invited a number of teachers and researchers to share their work about these new literacies. We use the term "literacies" in the plural to highlight the myriad opportunities to communicate that young people currently engage in both in and beyond school.
The articles in this issue address four main themes:
- Linguistic and cultural diversity. The articles in this section suggest that broader literacy practices need to be incorporated in the classroom to address the needs of bilingual students and English language learners. Such practices include critical literacies, writing conferences, and using students' knowledge of their native language. The authors also focus on the crucial role of the teacher or instructor in supporting students as they are engaged in literacy activities
- The roles of technology in creating new avenues and forms for communication. The articles in the second section address the roles that digital and networked technologies (e.g. web design, web publishing, and instant messaging) can play in shaping students' reading and writing. The authors also consider the implications of these technologies for the ways we conceptualize and teach literacy.
- Forms of representation beyond print (talk, images, etc.) These articles call for the definition of literacy to include visual literacy, media literacy and oral literacy. They focus on how other forms of representation, such as visual representations and oral narratives, enable students to interact with texts in different ways; thus, increasing opportunities for students to access the reading and discussion of texts.
- Attention to students' literacy practices in their out-of-school lives. This section looks at a range of out-of-school opportunities for reading and writing available to young people including fanfiction writing, after-school programs, comic books, role playing games, and recreational reading. Each author examines the relationships that could be fostered between these out-of-school literacies and classroom practice.
The next issue of New Horizons for Learning's Journal will focus on Special Education Today and will also include materials on meeting the needs of other students who do not learn in traditional ways. Articles on these topics are welcome and may be sent to building@newhorizons.org Deadline is August 8.
ARTICLES
Linguistic & Cultural Diversity
Second Language Literacies: Trying Out the "Tools" of the Trade Brian Morgan
York University Professor explores the merits of the New London Group's assertion that an analytical "metalanguage" is crucial in order to talk about, interpret, or critique various forms of information in the classroom.Conferring with Young Second-Language Writers: Keys to Success Antony Smith
Teacher/ doctoral candidate explains the importance of teacher- student conferences to the writing process, particularly for ELL students.Making Connections: Maximizing the Impact of Classroom Volunteers on the Literacy of English Language Learners Kelley Archer
Bilingual teacher and Ph.D. student shows that, in order to make a positive impact on student learning, volunteers need to have a conscious knowledge about the educational goals of the various activities in which they are asked to participate.Role of technology
Lessons on Teaching Writing from Website Design Jennifer C. Stone
University of Washington Professor showcases ways that students can transfer skills used to build a website to the writing process.Mr. Coulter's Internet Tendency: to Infinity and Beyond Brad Coulter
Veteran elementary school teacher uses online publishing to motivate young writers.Instant Messaging: Friend or Foe of Student Writing? Amanda O'Connor
Graduate student in Educational Technology discusses the impact of "internet speak" on student writing.Layering Literacy Denise G. Easton
C.E.O. of two online companies outlines the concept of mediacy, an expanded definition of literacy.Forms of representation beyond print
Visual Literacy and the Classroom Erin Riesland
Graphic designer considers the ways in which multimedia and hypertext are reshaping the way students write and read.Reading Hypertextually: Children's Literature and Comprehension Instruction Dawnene D. Hassett
Education professor outlines some of the "hypertextual" ways that books have changed, and considers what this might mean to reading instruction.Story Makes Sense of Story: The Power of Oral Narrative in Language Arts Classrooms Mary M. Juzwik and Michael Sherry
Faculty member and a graduate student at Michigan State University show how oral narrative in the classroom can open doors to deeper understanding of literature.Out-of-school literacies
Community Literacy Practices: Supporting Youth Development After-School Tracy L. Coskie
Assistant professor of literacy at Western Washington University and director of the Pacific Northwest Children's Literature Clearinghouse explains that a fundamental type of literacy can and should be learned through civic engagement outside of school.Online Fanfiction: What Technology and Popular Culture Can Teach Us About Writing and Literacy Instruction Rebecca W. Black
A doctoral candidate at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, explores an alternate literary world in cyberspace which is often a compelling avenue for creative writing outside the classroom.In A Single Bound: A Short Primer on Comics for Educators Drego Little
Graduate student in the Language, Literacy & Culture program at the University of Washington reveals the new role of comics in the current canon of literature for young adults.Working Hard at Play Gwendolyn F.M. Kestrel
Games designer illustrates what kinds of thinking and learning are involved in role playing games.Investigating Reading as Recreation Nancy Prince-Cohen
Author and professor considers the statistics: what makes people want to read?
RECOMMENDED READING
Click on book title for more informationAdolescents and Literacies in a Digital World Donna Alvermann
School's Out! Bridging Out-of-School Literacies with Classroom Practice Glynda Hull and Katherine Schultz
What Video Games have to Teach us about Learning and Literacy James Paul Gee
The Brothers and Sisters Learn to Write: Popular Literacies in Childhood and School Cultures Anne Haas Dyson
Just Girls: Hidden Literacies and Life in Junior High Margaret J. Finders
Reading, Writing and Learning in ESL, K-12: A Resource Book for K-12 Teachers Suzanne F. Peregoy and Owen F. Boyle
Shooting for Excellence: African American and Youth Culture in New Century Schools Jabari Mahiri
Integrating Multiple Literacies in K-8 Classrooms: Cases, Commentaries, and Practical Applications Janet C. Richards and Michael C. McKenna
Popular Culture in the Classroom: Teaching and Researching Critical Media Literacy Donna E. Alvermann, Margaret C. Hagood and Jennifer S. Moon
BULLETIN BOARD
11th Annual ADDA Conference - New Frontiers in AD/HD
Tucson, AZ • May 12-15, 2005Soul in Education Conference
Boulder, CO • June 16-20, 200512th International Conference on Thinking
Melbourne, Australia • July 4-8Differentiated Instruction Conference
Las Vegas, NV • July 10-13, 2005
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HAVE YOU SEEN? Related Links
This website, the National Clearinghouse for English Language Acquisition, provides research articles, policy documents, and classroom activities in areas including history and legislation, assessment, K-12 education, and adult education.
Update from Fred Mednick and Teachers without Borders
Update from Patrick McKercher on the K-Web Project
Within These Walls
Stories of five families who lived in one house in Ipswich, Massachusetts, over a 200-year period. The 10-room Georgian-style house was built in the 1760s by a wealthy miller & maritime merchant. Subsequent inhabitants fought in the Revolution, against slavery, & in World War II.The LIFE Center at the University of Washington
An interdisciplinary team of University of Washington researchers has been awarded $12.4 million by the National Science Foundation to establish a center to investigate how humans learn and to create environments that will help prepare people of all ages for future learning.
You can view other archived editions of New Horizons for Learning's Quarterly Journal. Special Journal themes include: Differentiation, Special Needs, Out of School Opportunities, Assessment, Positive Outcomes for All, Leadership in Education, Environmental Education, Multicultural Education, New Technologies, and the Arts.
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