Description
Book SynopsisThis book explores how technology matters to language and the ways in which we use it. Richard Kern provides an historical framework through which to understand new literacy practices and a set of principles by which to organize language and literacy education in the twenty-first century.
Trade Review'Richard Kern offers striking insights into how digital media transform the designs of meaning-at-a-distance - both the artifacts of communication and the social relationships established in and through these designs.' Mary Kalantzis, University of Illinois
'... the book is extremely well researched, documented, and articulated. Richard Kern is truly to be commended for the breadth of the content discussed as well as the depth of the insights into the interdependencies that tie language, literacy, and technology together.' Lionel Mathieu, Linguist
Table of ContentsIntroduction; 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.
