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Author:   Anne Burke ,  Roberta F. Hammett ,  Roberta F Hammett
Publisher:   Peter Lang Publishing Inc
Imprint:   Peter Lang Publishing Inc
Edition:   New edition
Volume:   34
Weight:   0.500kg
ISBN:  

9781433102677

ISBN 10:   1433102676
Pages:   206
Publication Date:   12 May 2009
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Contents: Anne Burke/Roberta F. Hammett: Introduction: Rethinking Assessment from the Perspective of New Literacies – Eve Bearne: Assessing Multimodal Texts – Anne Burke: Checkmarks on the Screen: Questions of Assessment and New Literacies in the Digital Age – Maureen Kendrick/Roberta McKay/Harriet Mutonyi: Making the Invisible Visible: Assessing the Visual as Spaces of Learning – Margaret C. Hagood/Emily N. Skinner/Melissa Venters/Benjamin Yelm: New Literacies and Assessments in Middle School Social Studies Content Area Instruction: Issues for Classroom Practices – Jennifer Rowsell: My Life on Facebook: Assessing the Art of Online Social Networking – Jill Kedersha McClay/Margaret Mackey: Distributed Assessment in OurSpace: This Is Not a Rubric – Kay Kimber/Claire Wyatt-Smith: Valued Knowledges and Core Capacities for Digital Learners: Claiming Spaces for Quality Assessment – Richard Beach/Linda Clemens/Kirsten Jamsen: Digital Tools: Assessing Digital Communication and Providing Feedback to Student Writers – Roberta F. Hammett: New Literacies and Teacher Education – Julian Sefton-Green: Epilogue.

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The Editors: Anne Burke is Assistant Professor of Literacy Education in Curriculum and Teaching at Memorial University in Canada. Her recent research focuses on adolescent literacy and social practices, new literacies with a focus on digital reading, and assessment of new literacies in the contexts of school and out-of-school settings. She has published in a wide range of journals such as JAAL, Changing English, and E-Journal and recently published two educational texts for literacy at-risk youth in the area of popular music and performance. Roberta F. Hammett, Professor of Education at Memorial University, is co-editor of Boys, Girls, and the Myths of Literacies and Learning (2008), Teaching English Today: Advocating for Change in the Secondary Curriculum (2004), and Digital Expressions: Media Literacy and English Language Arts (2002).

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