Extending the Conversation: New Technologies, New Literacies, and English Education

Authors

Janet A. Swenson, Michigan State UniversityFollow
Carl A. Young, North Carolina State UniversityFollow
Ewa McGrail, Georgia State UniversityFollow
Robert A. Rozema, Grand Valley State UniversityFollow
Phyllis Whitin, Wayne State UniversityFollow

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Article

Publication Date

7-2006

Abstract

The authors contend that new technologies have developed new literacies and new ways of thinking that are reshaping our lives. In the rapidly changing world, they argue, these new literacies and their practices must become central to effective English education programs. To frame their argument, they introduce the notion of "technological" pedagogical content knowledge to bridge the perceived binary of technology and English education. Throughout, they analyze how reflection on new technologies and integration of them into coursework for specific purposes is an educational, political, and even a moral imperative.

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Swenson, J., Young, C.A., McGrail, E., Rozema, R., & Whitin P. (2006). Extending the conversation: New technologies, new literacies, and English education. English Education, 38(4), 349-367. http://www.ncte.org/library/NCTEFiles/Resources/Journals/EE/0384-july06/EE0384Extending.pdf

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Recommended Citation

Swenson, J., Young, C.A., McGrail, E., Rozema, R., & Whitin P. (2006). Extending the conversation: New technologies, new literacies, and English education. English Education, 38(4), 349-367.