Talking Points, Vol. 19, No. 2, May 2008

Table of Contents

• From the Editors

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  Abstract: The Talking Points editors introduce this issue’s articles, based on the theme Emerging Literacies for the 21st Century.

  Keywords: Elementary, Middle, Secondary

• A Classroom with a View: Teachers, Multimodality, and New Literacies

  Peggy Albers, Vivian M. Vasquez, and Jerome C. Harste

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  Abstract: The authors discuss why ELA teachers need to be knowledgeable about the tools of multiple media and how such knowledge can encourage a different mindset in the classroom.

  Keywords: Elementary, Middle, Secondary

• Edublogging: Instruction for the Digital Age Learner

  Jeffrey P. Felix

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  Abstract: Jeff Felix discusses a study on how teachers use blogs as an instructional tool in their classrooms and found that there are many benefits to both teachers and students. Blogs are highly motivating, easy to use, and encourage active participation in the learning process.

  Keywords: Elementary, Middle, Secondary

• Thank You, Nancie: A Response to Nancie Atwell’s The Reading Zone

  Dorothy C. Suskind

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  Abstract: Suskind finds inspiration and encouragement in the pages of Nancie Atwell’s newest book.

  Keywords: Elementary, Middle, Secondary

• Using Video Podcasts to Engage Digital Natives in Foreign Language Learning

  Kathryn Stevenson-Land and Stephen W. Harmon

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  Abstract: Authors Stevenson-Land and Harmon describe how they used video podcasts in a second-language classroom to bridge the digital divide between students and teachers. Their project, Vamos a los Oscars!, used filmmaking in the target language to meaningfully engage the students in their learning.

  Keywords: Elementary, Middle, Secondary

• WLU on the Move!

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  Abstract: News from the WLU president and others about upcoming WLU events.

  Keywords: Elementary, Middle, Secondary

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