Humanizing Digital Literacies: A Road Trip in Search of Wisdom and Insight

• Published in: The Reading teacher 2016-07, Vol.70 (1), p.121-129
• Main Authors: Rowsell, Jennifer, Burke, Anne, Flewitt, Rosie, Liao, Han-Teng, Lin, Angel, Marsh, Jackie, Mills, Kathy, Prinsloo, Mastin, Rowe, Deborah, Wohlwend, Karen
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: 2-Childhood; as inquiry; Children; Children & youth; Childrens literature; Choice; Communication; Critical analysis; Curricula; DIGITAL LITERACY; Educational Practices; Educational Strategies; Electronic Learning; English as a second language; English for speakers of other languages; English language learners; English learners; etc.; Ethnography; Humanization; Imagery; Interest; Internet; Literacy; Logic; music; New literacies; Popular culture; preference; Reading; Reading teachers; Rhythm; Social Media; Socioeconomic factors; Specific media (hypertext; Specific media (hypertext, Internet, film, music, etc.); Tablet computers; Technology; Technology Uses in Education; Text features; To inform instruction; Touch screens; Visual literacy; visualizing
• ISSN: 0034-0561; 1936-2714
• DOI: 10.1002/trtr.1501

Digital literacies abound in playing a foundational role in the rhythm and pattern of our lives, yet debates continue about how to harness them to teach and learn literacy. In an effort to humanize digital literacies, this department column offers a vast array of topics, from participatory work that pushes educators and researchers to communicate in local and global spaces to ways of redefining core reading and literacy skills through a screen‐based, multimodal logic. This column also provides a venue for research and practical applications that depict technology use as a part of the fabric of being human. The column helps educators reconceptualize the ways that children learn with technology, media, and new communication systems; honors educator success stories and burning questions and issues; and reimagines literacy futures.