Page to Screen: Taking Literacy into the Electronic Era [Paperback]

Ilana Snyder (Editor)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0415174651 | ISBN-13: 978-0415174657 | Publication Date: December 12, 1997

Hypertext, e-mail, word processing: electronic technologies have revolutionized textual practices. How does language on screen work differently from language on the page? What new literacy skills are needed and how do we teach them?
Page to Screen collects some of the best contemporary thinkers in the field of technology and literacy. They analyze the potential of the new forms of text, the increased emphasis on visual communication, new forms of rhetoric, learning in the age of global communication networks and new approaches to storytelling.
Page to Screen is compelling reading for anyone interested in Literacy Education, Language Studies, English, Library Studies, Multimedia and Communication Studies.
International contributors include Gunther Kress, Cynthia Selfe, Gail E. Hawisher and Colin Lankshear.

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...provides a tool for teaching students about...the evolution of literacy through new technologies...well documented with notes and references...The editors have done a good job of compiling articles that expose the differences between language on the screen and language on the page..

About the Author

Ilana Snyder is Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Education at Monash University, Australia. She is the author of Hypertext: The Electronic Labrynth.

Product Details

• Paperback: 296 pages
• Publisher: Routledge (December 12, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0415174651
• ISBN-13: 978-0415174657
• Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 5.5 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.7 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent resource for hypertext in education, April 10, 2000

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This review is from: Page to Screen: Taking Literacy into the Electronic Era (Paperback)

With essays by Snyder herself, Michael Joyce, and Johndan Johnson-Eilola, this edited collection offers a range of perspectives on everything from email to critically reading hypertext to educating children in electronic literacy. Good companion to foundation texts like Landow's volumes Hypertext and Hypertext 2.0.