Best Practices in Teaching Digital Literacies

Evan Ortlieb · Earl H. Cheek Jr · Peggy Semingson

ag. del 2018 · Emerald Group Publishing

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The almost universal reliance upon digital tools for social, academic, and career development will only become more pronounced in the years to come. Teacher education programs remain ill-equipped to adequately prepare educators with the pedagogies needed to foster digital literacies. What is needed is a set of best practices towards teaching digital literacies so that teachers can better meet the emerging needs of their students in today’s classrooms.

Where should teachers begin? What are the essentials of digital literacies within K-12 contexts? And how might we reimagine teacher education programs to optimally prepare teachers for working with technologically connected youth, whose literacies are more complex, interconnected, and diverse than ever?

This volume provides a practical framework for teacher education programs to develop K-12 students’ digital literacies. It offers a set of best practices in teaching digital literacies that promote access to research-based pedagogies for immediate implementation in classrooms.

Sobre l'autor

Evan Ortlieb is Professor and Coordinator of the Literacy Program in the Department of Education Specialties at St. John’s University, USA. He has previous work experience in Singapore and Australia and expertise on literacy improvement, literacy teacher preparation, language diversity, and differentiated literacy instruction. He is President of the Specialized Literacy Professionals SIG of the International Literacy Association and Section Editor of the Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy. Earl H. Cheek, Jr. is Patrick and Edwidge Olinde Endowed Professor Emeritus in the Department of Educational Theory, Policy, and Practice at Louisiana State University, USA. As a lifelong literacy leader, he has published widely across fields of content area reading, reading teacher education, diagnostic-perspective methods, and dyslexia. He has served on committees within the International Literacy Association, the Literacy Research Association, and the Association of Literacy Educators and Researchers. Peggy Semingson is Associate Professor of Curriculum and Instruction at The University of Texas at Arlington, USA. Her research interests include social contexts of literacy learning, digital pedagogies, and online literacy teacher education. She has received multiple awards including the President’s Award for Excellence in Distance Education Teaching at UT Arlington and the 2017 International Literacy Association (ILA) Jerry Johns Outstanding Teacher Educator in Reading Award.