Assessing new literacies; perspectives from the classroom.

9781433102660

Assessing new literacies; perspectives from the classroom.

Ed. by Anne Burke and Roberta F. Hammett.

Peter Lang Publishing Inc

2009

203 pages

$32.95

Paperback

New literacies and digital epistemologies; v.34

LC149

Suggesting that teachers should rethink assessment to support rather than ignore new literacies, Burke and Hammett (education and literacy education in curriculum and teaching, Memorial U., Canada) compile 10 essays that detail how educators can assess literacies such as reading and writing online, social networking, gaming, multimodal composing, visual texts, and creating virtual identities. Education, writing, and library and information studies scholars mostly from the US and Canada also discuss assessment of digital literacies in social studies learning, Facebook, participation and ethics, incorporating new literacies in teacher education programs, and the use of digital tools in assessment. There is no index.

([c]2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR)