| LITERACY IN THE CYBERAGE: COMPOSING OURSELVES ONLINE is a practical handbook written for pre-service and in-service teachers. This book offers a thoughtful synthesis of technology and the humanities, presenting a series of "literacy challenges" that educators can use to help students develop the critical literacy skills necessary to analyze information they encounter in online learning environments. Educators who seek meaningful ways to integrate technology into their curricula will find this a timely and important book. Donna Ogle, the president-elect of the International Reading Association, has this to say in her Foreword to the text:
"The cyberage has arrived and with it e-mail, chat rooms, World Wide Web access, unedited information and misinformation, hackers, and an incredible range of communication possibilities both locally and internationally. We as literacy educators have no choice but to accept our responsibility to help students negotiate these new forms of communication. [...] Into this new reality comes R.W. Burniske's refreshing message to literacy educators. What a treat it is to read! Here is a book that puts the possibilities of computers in perspective for literacy educators. Burniske examines both the potential and problems of the cyberage technologies for literacy educators. Instead of a "technologically" focused guide, this book takes a philosophical and communications perspective. Readers are challenged to expand our concept of "literacy" as we follow his examination of the various aspects of literacy-from civil to pedagogical. Burniske has constructed a wonderful bridge for us and leads us to the new age by building on what we know and do well. He shows us how to expand our instruction so that electronic literacy becomes an essential component of our classrooms. He challenges us to realize our commitment to develop our students as critical and reflective language users. In the process both our students and we, their teachers, will compose ourselves online. This is a book all serious literacy professionals need to read and discuss with our colleagues."
-- From the foreword by Donna Ogle, Literacy in the Cyberage: Composing Ourselves Online by R. W. Burniske, © 2000 SkyLight Training and Publishing Inc. Reprinted by permission of SkyLight Professional Development. Website: )
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