Thoughts from the Editors: Teachers as Co-Learners in the Digital Age

Educators are increasingly using digital technologies, both for classroom instruction and for personal use. The question is, are we using these technologies to repackage old instructional techniques? Or are we truly transforming teaching and learning? This issue will explore the following questions: How are language arts teachers preparing students for a digital world? In what kind of professional developments are teachers participating? And how are educators rethinking literacy for a multimodal, multimedia, and hyperlinked world? This issue’s authors consider the possibilities, with true transformation in mind.