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Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Literacy
Students are reading on screens more than ever-how can we teach
them to be better digital readers? Smartphones, laptops, tablets:
college students are reading on-screen all the time, and digital
devices shape students' understanding of and experiences with
reading. In higher education, however, teachers rarely consider how
digital reading experiences may have an impact on learning
abilities, unless they're lamenting students' attention spans or
the distractions available to students when they're learning
online. Skim, Dive, Surface offers a corrective to these
conversations-an invitation to focus not on losses to student
learning but on the spectrum of affordances available within
digital learning environments. It is designed to help college
instructors across the curriculum teach digital reading in their
classes, whether they teach face-to-face, fully online, or
somewhere in between. Placing research from cognitive psychology,
neuroscience, learning science, and composition in dialogue with
insight from the scholarship of teaching and learning, Jenae Cohn
shows how teachers can better frame, scaffold, and implement
effective digital reading assignments. She positions digital
reading as part of a cluster of literacies that students should
develop in order to communicate effectively in a digital
environment.
The idea of storytelling goes beyond the borders of language,
culture, or traditional education, and has historically been a tie
that bonds families, communities, and nations. Digital storytelling
offers opportunities for authentic academic and non-academic
literacy learning across a multitude of genres. It is easily
accessible to most members of society and has the potential to
transform the boundaries of traditional education. As concepts
around traditional literacy education evolve and become more
culturally and linguistically relevant and responsive, the
connections between digital storytelling and disciplinary literacy
warrant considered exploration. Connecting Disciplinary Literacy
and Digital Storytelling in K-12 Education develops a conceptual
framework around pedagogical connections to digital storytelling
within K-12 disciplinary literacy practices. This essential
reference book supports student success through the integration of
digital storytelling across content areas and grade levels.
Covering topics that include immersive storytelling,
multiliteracies, social justice, and pedagogical storytelling, it
is intended for stakeholders interested in innovative K-12
disciplinary literacy skill development, research, and practices
including but not limited to curriculum directors, education
faculty, educational researchers, instructional facilitators,
literacy professionals, teachers, pre-service teachers,
professional development coordinators, teacher preparation
programs, and students.
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