Literacy in the Digital Age

Second Edition
Richard W. Burniske
Literacy in the Digital Age
December 2007 | 152 pages | Corwin
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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

In Tribute

Foreword by Donna Ogle

Foreword by Donna Ogle

About the Author

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

Appendix: Index of Web Sites

References

References

Further Readings

Further Readings

Index

Index

Description

"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

In Tribute

Foreword by Donna Ogle

Foreword by Donna Ogle

About the Author

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

Appendix: Index of Web Sites

References

References

Further Readings

Further Readings

Index

Index

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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.


Table Of 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

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"An important, key exploration of how teachers can help students become good online communicators."
The Bookwatch, June 2008, Midwest Book Review
"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

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