New Literacies Internet Compre

Prerequisites: Access to a personal computer/laptop with printer and regular access to Internet connection, browsing capability and email. May not be audited. Please see the Bridgewater State University website for information about Web and Web-based courses. This course seeks to qualify educators in preparing youth for the challenges of reading comprehension in an age of online information through research-based instruction and Web inquiry. Leu, Kinzer, Coioro, and Cammack (2004) identify these five skills as asking questions, locating information, critically evaluating information, synthesizing information and communicating information. “New literacies” is the term referred to as these reading comprehension skills require novel strategies on the Internet and take a new literacies theoretical perspective. Educators develop an in-depth understanding of the role of the Internet in literacy development and the impact of the historical connections between literacy, learning, technology and culture. Offered fall and spring semesters.