Extending the Boundaries of Literacy: Possibilities, Realities, Complexities

Session Overiew

Technology is a tool that is developing and extending the boundaries of literacy. This talk synthesizes a number of practical and theoretical issues raised throughout the day of the institute, in the research literature, and from classroom stories. It also picks and pulls at a number of loose threads dangling from the topic of technology and literacy. The possibilities of technology are seductive. The realities are sobering from a social justice perspective. The complexities are real—and something to revel in.

Presenter Biography

William H. Teale is a Professor of Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Illinois, Chicago. His research interests include emergent literacy; beginning reading and writing instruction; culture, children's literature, and literacy education; technology and teacher education for literacy instruction. Bill is the co-author of Emergent Literacy: Reading and Writing and a member of the Reading Hall of Fame.

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