Contents

Foreword
Allan Luke

Acknowledgments

Introduction


Section One: Historical Perspective
New Literacies

Constructing a Once-and-Future History of Learning Technologies

A Friendly, Welcoming Attitude Toward Change


Section Two: Evolving Media Practices
Mixing Old Technologies With New

Electronic Publication: Writing for the Screen
Guest Author Mike Sharples

The Work of Art in the Age of Digital Reproduction

Information Literacy: The Changing Library
Guest Author Cushla Kapitzke

Digital Content: The Babel of Cyberspace

Searching the Web: New Domains for Inquiry

Information Overload: Threat or Opportunity?
Guest Author Bernhard Jungwirth

Open Source: Everyone Becomes a Printer

Why Free Software Matters for Literacy Educators
Guest Author Michael D. Brunelle


Section Three: Personal Meanings
Seeing Ourselves in the Computer: How We Relate to Technologies
Guest Authors Punyashloke Mishra, Michael D. Nicholson, Steven K. Wojcikiewicz

Constructing Our Identities Through Online Images
Guest Author Gail E. Hawisher

Learning Through Expression

Opportunities for Teenagers to Share Their Writing Online 148
Guest Author Marcella J. Kehus


Section Four: Ethical and Policy Issues
Teaching and Learning: Whose Computer Is It?
Guest Authors Yong Zhao, Sophia Hueyshan Tan, Punyashloke Mishra

Access Points on the Digital River

Challenges for the Evaluation of New Information and Communication Technologies

Educational Reform: How Does Technology Affect Educational Change?


Section Five: Learning Opportunities
Dewey and Technology

Using the Web to Support Inquiry-Based Literacy Development
Guest Coauthor Ann Peterson Bishop

Laboratories for Writing
Guest Author Kevin M. Leander

Hypermedia Authoring as Critical Literacy
Guest Authors Jamie Myers, Richard Beach

Computer Mediation for Learning and Play
Guest Authors William E. Blanton, Melanie W. Greene, Michael Cole

Education Online: Learning Anywhere, Any Time

Extending Literacy Through Participation in New Technologies
Guest Coauthors Umesh Thakkar, Maureen P. Hogan, Jo Williamson

Case Studies of a Virtual School
Guest Coauthors D. Michelle Hinn, Kevin M. Leander


Section Six: Community
Collaboratories: Working Together on the Web
Guest Coauthor Karen J. Lunsford

How Worldwide Is the Web?

Internationalized Domain Names
Guest Author Marc D. Wielansky

Communities for the New Century
Guest Author Ann Peterson Bishop


In Closing: What Is Literacy in the Information Age?

Glossary