EDRD 460 - New Literacies and Literacy Engagement

(3 S.H.)

This course helps teachers balance the strengths of traditional text-centric reading materials with the demands and opportunities of increasingly diverse environments for interactive digital literacies. Special attention is given to supporting authentic engagement through blending of multiple literacies, student-driven dialogue, analysis of authors’ intended meaning, and interrogation in text in light of multiple viewpoints. Prerequisites or co-requisites:

EDRD 450 - Differentiated Reading Instruction

or EDRD 550 (or equivalent). In addition, a bachelor’s degree and an elementary or special education teaching license when taken at 500 level. Grade only. Offered yearly.

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