Our work as English educators seems increasingly complex in a digital world where students engage with computers, video games, text messaging, television, magazines and movies among other multimedia and where reading print literature and writing essays are just two of many choices for creating meaning. Meanwhile, politicians, media and the public decry the level of …
These are exponential times and the study of English and Language Arts seems to be a necessary pursuit in order to better navigate the evolving educational landscape. Today, teachers and students have access to instant and limitless information while digital tools can extend learning well beyond the classroom walls. Educators discuss the importance of promoting …
Teaching English seems to become ever more complex in a world where our students engage with a wide variety of information and communication technologies such as video games, text messaging, magazines, newspapers and news programs, and the internet. We wonder how we can direct their interest toward reading increasingly complex texts from cultures and contexts …
