Coda: Our Compulsory Goals: Effective Teaching and Meaningful Learning through Powerful Cultural Tools

Wilhelm asks, “But are new literacies just fun?” Then he immediately answers, “Absolutely not—if we as teachers provide the right context and conditions of their use.” Offering research-based advice on incorporating technology to increase motivation and deepen learning, Wilhelm boils it down to this bottom line: it’s engaged, substantive, reflective learning that is the thing, not the new literacies or the technology per se. To the degree that new literacies and technology promote this kind of deep learning, we must embrace it.