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New Literacies: Everyday Practices and Classroom Learning

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Just a quick note: I don't think a book by the title, "New Literacies: Changing Knowledge in the Classroom" even exists. If you look closely at the picture above, you can just read that the pictured book is, "New Literacies: Everyday Practices and Classroom Learning," a book I can't find on Amazon but have here on my desk.

If you click the [look inside] button above, you will be taken to a yet different book, "New Literacies: Changing Knowledge and Classroom Learning". It's NOT the same as "New Literacies: Everyday Practices and Classroom Learning," nor I suppose as "New Literacies: Changing Knowledge in the Classroom," which like I said doesn't exist.

They are titled very similarly and both / all by Lankshear and Knobel, so there is a lot of room for confusion. I hope this helps. Which one will show up if you buy it is anyone's guess.

As to a super brief review, "New Literacies: Everyday Practices and Classroom Learning," - the one I have, the one pictured, but not the one in the [look inside] feature - is very nice, like Lankshear and Knobel tend to be.

Fascinating book. It's the most accessible and clear account of new literacies that I've read. The chapter "from Reading to New Literacy Studies" succinctly and clearly describes the social, economic, and educational factors that have influenced the evolution of the terms literacy and new literacies. The chapter "Faking It: The National Grid for Learning" is a useful example of what New Literacies (and good teaching) are not.

I would have liked some more connections to current work on epistemic cognition (ala books like Women's Ways of Knowing and Personal Epistemology)--there's a big opportunity to connect digital epistemology to this area of inquiry. But this 'suggestion' doesn't diminish my overall enthusiasm of the book (just add those books to your reading list if you are interested in the applications of epistemology in education).

Overall, this is an excellent book for any teacher or teacher educator who wants some guidance or food for though on using technology in literacy, humanities, or the social sciences--from Kindergarten to graduate school.