Language, literacy, and technology / Richard Kern, University of Berkeley, California.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kern, Richard, 1956- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Language and languages--Study and teaching--Technological innovations.

Language and languages.

Language and languages--Study and teaching--Computer-assisted instruction.

Literacy--Study and teaching--Computer-assisted instruction.

Literacy.

Literacy--Study and teaching.

Computer-assisted instruction.

Literacy--Study and teaching--Audio-visual aids.

Education, Bilingual--Teacher training.

Education, Bilingual.

Audio-visual materials.

Language and languages--Study and teaching.

Physical Description:

xi, 291 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2015.

Summary:

"From the origins of writing to today's computer-mediated communication, material technologies shape how we read and write, how we construe and share knowledge, and ultimately how we understand ourselves in relation to the world. However, communication technologies are themselves designed in particular social and cultural contexts and their use is adapted in creative ways by individuals. In this book, Richard Kern explores how technology matters to language and the ways in which we use it. Kern reveals how material, social and individual resources interact in the design of textual meaning, and how that interaction plays out across contexts of communication, different situations of technological mediation, and different moments in time. Showing how people have adapted visual forms to various media as well as to social needs, this study culminates in five fundamental principles to guide language and literacy education in a period of rapid technological and social change"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction

Part I. Designing Meaning: 1. Communication by design; 2. Material resources: the medium matters; 3. Social ecologies; 4. The individual and design

Part II. Interactions of the Material, the Social, and the Individual: 5. Ancient writing in Mesopotamia; 6. Paper and print; 7. Writing redesigned: electronically mediated discourse; 8. Multimodal discourse

Part III. Educational Implications: 9. Principles and goals in language and literacy education; 10. Toward a relational pedagogy.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-277) and index.

ISBN:

9781107036482

1107036488

OCLC:

899229504

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