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"Burniske shows us how to expand our instruction so that electronic literacy becomes an essential component of our classrooms. He challenges us to realize our commitment to develop our students as critical and reflective language users. This is a book all serious literacy professionals need to read and discuss with colleagues."
—From the Foreword by Donna Ogle
Help students become ethical, well-informed online communicators!
Living in today's digital age provides a wealth of learning opportunities and a wide range of communication possibilities. Along with its many benefits, the World Wide Web poses real challenges to even the most informed user, from misinformation to unedited work to plagiarism. How can we teach students to use the Internet intelligently and responsibly?
In this insightful resource, internationally recognized professor and author R. W. Burniske takes an in-depth look at the Internet's advantages and risks and shows teachers how to incorporate technology to help students communicate clearly, accurately, and purposefully. Using specific case studies, teacher tips, and practical ideas, this valuable resource gives teachers guidelines to help students develop their ability to:
Use language critically and tactfully
Assess visual content on the Web
Critically evaluate Web sites for validity and reliability
Practice ethics and etiquette on the Internet
Analyze online information for credibility, logic, and embedded emotional content
Literacy in the Digital Age, Second Edition, provides everything educators need to make digital literacy a vital part of their classroom instruction.
Contents
In Tribute
Foreword by Donna Ogle
About the Author
Introduction
Cyberwriter at Work: The Design of This Book
How to Read This Book: A Linear Approach to Hypertext
1. Media Literacy: Broadening the Definition of Computer Literacy
The Curricular Conundrum
The Rhetorical Triangle: Ethos, Logos, and Pathos
Media Literacy Challenge #1: The Rhetoric of Computer Advertising
Is Everything an Argument?
Media Literacy Challenge #2: Arguments "R" Us
The Technology of Writing
Media Literacy Challenge #3: Musical Chairs and Writing Technology
Civil Literacy
2. Civil Literacy: The Cyberpilot's License
The Cyberpilot's License
Know Your Vehicle
Rights and Responsibilities
Who and What Rules the Airwaves?
Piloting Skills & Netiquette
Intellectual Property in Cyberspace: An Overview
Civil Literacy Challenge #1: Borrowing Without Stealing
Civil Literacy Challenge #2: Putting out the Flames
3. Discourse Literacy: Beyond the Chat Room
Discourse Literacy Challenge #1: Hearing Voices
Discourse Literacy Challenge #2: Imitating Voices
Greater Expectations: Synchronous Online Discussions
Case Study: Paul M.
Establish the Rules, Play by the Rules
Discourse Literacy Challenge #3: Role Playing Online
Case Study: Online Role Playing
Personal Literacy
4. Personal Literacy: Discovering Oneself Online
Initiation Stories
Fostering Personal Literacy
Personal Literacy Challenge #1: The Why List
Why Ask Why? Increasing Student Awareness
Why Ask Why? Inviting Response
Case Study: The Why List Online
Personal Literacy Challenge #2: The Hypertext Why List
Beyond Personal Inquiry: Community Literacy
5. Community Literacy: Composing Ourselves in a Virtual Community
Community Literacy Challenge #1: The Sequential Story
Case Study: A Telecollaborative, Sequential Story
Community Literacy Challenge #2: Putting E-mail in the Right E-envelope
Course Web Sites: A Community Work in Progress
Visual Literacy
6. Visual Literacy: Web Sites, Rhetorically Speaking
What Are You Looking At?
Case Study: The State of The Onion
Seeing Is Believing (and Other Satirical Lessons)
Measuring the Sum of a Web Site's Parts
Visual Literacy Challenge #1: The Rhetorical Analysis of Web Documents
Visual Literacy Challenge #2: Web Sites and Evaluative Arguments
Global Literacy
7. Evaluative Literacy: Peer Reviews, Electronic Portfolios, and Online Learning Records
Evaluative Literacy Challenge #1: The Hypertext Writing Workshop
Case Study: Electronic Portfolios
Case Study: Online Learning Records
Pedagogical Literacy
8. Pedagogical Literacy: Plugging Into Electronic Pedagogy
Mr. Wynegar's Pastime: Tradition and the Individual Teacher
Ms. Sabadilla and The Electronic Chalkboard
Electronic Pedagogy: The Web Site
Appendix: Index of Web Sites
References
Further Readings
Index
