Talking Points - [Re-Seeing Response, Refining New Literacies], Oct 2012

April Sanders provides an overview of Louise Rosenblatt’s work and of new literacies and draws connections between these two realms of literacy thinking and research.

Lenny Sánchez narrates the experience of a young boy as he lives through a self-authored, multimodal text, linking the boy’s moves with Rosenblatt’s foundational work.

Marva Solomon invites us into a first-grade community engaged in digital storytelling, suggesting how the genre and surrounding practices can help us rethink the role(s) of audience in transactions with digitally produced stories.

Mary Styslinger and Emily Eberlin share their collaborative inquiry into using an online space for teaching and learning.

The book group recommends books about the intersection of reader response and new literacies.

WLU President Rick Meyer suggests that whole language teachers are in a prime position to understand and use new literacies.