Literacy in Science, Technology, and the Language Arts: An Interdisciplinary Inquiry

by Mary Hamm and Dennis Adams

Book Overview

Technology, a product of science, is pushing against the linear boundaries of traditional storytelling. Moving in the direction of multiform stories and digital formats takes literacy well beyond the 3Rs. Students increasingly need to be critical and creative users of the new media. As the Internet becomes faster, more visually powerful, and easier to manipulate there will be an explosion of virtual environments, with literacy taking on a whole...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0897895754
• ISBN13: 9780897895750
• Release Date: October 1998
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.6"