Literature and the Web
by Rozema, RobertFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2008-07-22
Publisher(s): Heinemann
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Summary
Read the technology book that's about the content, not the computer. Literature and the Web is a thoughtful, nuts-and-bolts guide for any English teacher looking for effective tools to boost readers' engagement and improve their responses to literature.
Author Biography
A former high school English teacher in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Robert Rozema is a professor of English education at Grand Valley State University A former secondary English teacher in Portland, Oregon, Allen Webb is now a professor of literature and English education at Western Michigan University
Table of Contents
| Foreword: Teaching to the Classrooms We Want to Have (Sara Kajder) | p. vii |
| Acknowledgments | p. xi |
| Introduction: Why Literature and the Web? | p. xii |
| Entering the Story World | p. xiii |
| Close Reading | p. xv |
| Understanding Social, Cultural, and Historical Contexts | p. xvii |
| Responding to Text | p. xviii |
| The Web and Teacher Expertise | p. xix |
| Digital Literature: Electronic Archives in the Classroom | p. 1 |
| Teaching Poetry with Online Archives | p. 2 |
| Digitized Texts and Textual Intervention | p. 5 |
| Diversifying Cultural Perspectives | p. 12 |
| Digitized Mythology and Students Creating Textbooks | p. 14 |
| Other Digitized Possibilities | p. 19 |
| Looking Ahead: Copyright and Digital Texts | p. 20 |
| Reading and Responding Online: Electronic Discussions | p. 27 |
| My Beginning in Electronic Discussions | p. 30 |
| Selecting Online Discussion Tools | p. 32 |
| Integrating Electronic Discussions into Class Activities | p. 34 |
| Using Electronic Discussion to Teach Literature | p. 38 |
| Participants Beyond the Classroom | p. 43 |
| Metacognition and Teacher Reflection | p. 46 |
| Looking Ahead: Open Source Course Management Systems | p. 48 |
| Web 2.0: Blogs, Podcasts, and Feed Readers | p. 51 |
| Blogging in the Literature Classroom | p. 53 |
| Podcasting | p. 62 |
| Reading with a Feed Reader | p. 69 |
| Looking Ahead: More Web 2.0 Applications | p. 74 |
| Virtual Realities: Exploring Literary Worlds on the Web | p. 80 |
| Playing 1984: You Too Can Be a Thoughtcriminal | p. 81 |
| Literary Worlds, Virtual Worlds | p. 85 |
| The Brave New World Experiment | p. 87 |
| The enCore Platform as Foundation | p. 95 |
| Looking Ahead: Meet Me in the Metaverse | p. 97 |
| Online Orchestration: Establishing an Effective Web Presence | p. 105 |
| The Website as Class Syllabus | p. 107 |
| The Class Blog as Evolving Conversation | p. 113 |
| Looking Ahead: The Wireless English Classroom | p. 121 |
| Conclusion: Becoming a Web Advocate: Resistance, Rights, and Mentorship | p. 129 |
| Overcoming Resistance to Technology Integration | p. 129 |
| Internet Rights and Responsibilities | p. 131 |
| Mentoring | p. 133 |
| Works Cited | p. 137 |
| Index | p. 142 |
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