Contents: Preface. Introduction: Surveying the Terrain of Literacy. Computers, Composition, and Christianity. Networking Into Academic Discourse. Computer-Assisted Language Revitalization. Cyber Service Learning. Conclusion: Striving Toward Multiliteracies. Epilogue. Appendix: Researching the Online Classroom.
Mark Warschauer (Author)
"Electronic Literacies is a timely book filled with important
ethnographic data on technology and language education, including
interviews with students and teachers, observation of classrooms,
and transcripts of students' online interactions. It is one of the
few attempts to explore the role of the Internet in the development
of the language literacy of minority students, who have typically
been overlooked in Internet-based education....This text is an
excellent resource for teachers and administrators interested in
understanding the effects of new technologies on language teaching
and learning....the book is a valuable new addition to the field of
technology and language teaching and learning."
—TESL-EJ"Thankfully, Mark Warschauer's warts-and-all account of
four very different university-level language learning classrooms
in Hawai'i is not a one-eyed celebration of computers-in-classrooms
but, rather, is a detailed and important account of four teachers'
struggles with using new technologies to enhance their students'
language learning....A real strength of Warchauer's book is the way
in which he has drawn on theories of literacy and digital literacy
from outside the domain of second language acquisition theory and
conventional pedagogical approaches to computers and learning in
second language classrooms. Indeed, Warschauer's breadth of sources
is to be admired as he draws on work from educators and theorists
in Australia, Canada, England, Hawai'i, and other U.S. states.
Electronic Literacies will prove a rewarding launching pad for
educators to think differently about literacy, language learning,
and new technologies in the classroom. Warschauer deliberately and
effectively locates his book as a complex intersection of the new
literacy studies, digital technologies, and language education.
Warschauer's book engages with current global themes in
education--literacy, technology, equity--reminding educators that
second-language teaching and learning is far from a neutral
endeavor."
—Contemporary Psychology"...a study like Mark Warschauer's
Electronic Literacies is both timely and much needed....Electronic
Literacies is a valuable contribution to research on teaching and
learning with technology, in large part because Wauschauer resists
either utopian or dystopian extremes; instead he patiently reveals
the contradictions inherent in the combination of traditional
academic approaches with new media. The book will be of special
interest to graduate students and faculty interested in the design
and presentation of qualitative research, who will find in
Warschauer's data collection and analysis methods much that is
worthy of imitation....a worthy addition to any collection of works
on ESL, writing instruction, or the use of the Internet in higher
education."
—The Journal of Highter Education"I recommend the book to everyone
interested in how new technologies are contributing to changes in
the way literacy is viewed, as well as the those interested in
researching teaching approaches using ICTs."
—Computers & Education"Warschauer studies groups of students that
have traditionally been excluded from computer-mediated education.
This is vital if we are to truly understand the effects of new
technologies....I believe this work will have a significant impact
on the introduction and use of computer-mediated learning in higher
education."
—Denise Murray
San Jose State University"Warschauer's analysis is clear,
informative, and insightful....A very useful and important
book."
—Jim Cummins
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education
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