Literacy, Technology, And Diversity: Teaching For Success In Changing Times,New

An Invaluable Resource For Both Practicing And Preservice Teachers, This Longawaited Book Offers A Fresh And Muchneeded Point Of View Of How To ?Ethink?Literacy And Technology In Today? Diverse Classrooms.Authored By Some Of The Most Respected Researchers In The Field Today, Literacy, Technology, And Diversity Reflects On The Idea That Great Expectations Are Achievable Through Educational Projects That Foster Academic Growth, With Classroom Diversity And Technology As Catalysts For Deeper Learning, And That A Narrow Focus Ongrade Expectations Yields Superficial Results. Arguing Today? Learning Principles Need To Incorporate The Core Values Of Community Learning, Critical Pedagogy, Multilingualism, Antiracist Education, High Academic Standards, And Technological Fluency, Cummins, Sayers And Brown Provide A Thoughtprovoking Introduction Into These Learning Principles That Will Inspire The Lifelong Learning Of Students.Take A Peek Inside...Provides Examples Of Projects, Backed By Researchbased Theories For Their Effective Adaptation To Help Both Preservice And Practicing Teachers Become More Independent And Creative In The Ways They Use Technology. Gives Useful Suggestions On How To Effectively Integrate Literacy And Technology Into The Classroom. Presents P Ortraits (Case Studies) Of Collaborative Projects Promoting Literacy Learning And Often Involving Technology On Such Topics As: Cognition, Assessment, Community Of Learning, And Tools And Resources In Section Ii (Chapters 59). Contains An Appendix Of Short Vignettes Of Exemplary Projects That Promote Learning Of Standardsbased Expectations For Academic Achievement. Includes A Complimentary Cdrom Of Additional Resources For Teachers As Well As Updated Portraits On Exemplary Projects.