Keepin' It Real

Schools recognize the power of the new literacies, but it can be a challenge for teachers to weave them into an overcrowded curriculum.

Keepin' It Real looks at these new literacies from the perspective of the needs of a classroom teacher. It illustrates how to use the new literacies to strengthen and support the old ones. It also argues that the new is not possible without the old, and it recognizes the interdependence of twenty-first-century literacies.

The book offers powerful insights into how to build on classroom success with useful strategies that revolve around the following:

• Reading Literacies — Working with all text forms, from familiar to graphic text
• Writing Literacies — Creating a context that inspires and engages students
• Media Literacies — Analyzing messages and understanding bias and intention
• Digital Literacies — Incorporating blogs, wikis, chat rooms, websites, podcasts, Twitter, etc.
• Social Literacies — Developing a social identity and network with students in other classrooms, schools, and countries
• Critical Literacies — Reading, analyzing, questioning, evaluating, criticizing, and thinking

Based on the belief that in order to proficiently use technology, one must be skilled at reading and writing, the book challenges teachers to consider the new literacies as a learning experience for both teacher and student. It argues that when we include our students in decision making, they take more responsibility for their learning and ultimately become more independent learners.

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