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Computer Mediated Communication and Scaffolding Toward New Literacy in Preservice Teacher Education Courses
The efforts of educators to reduce the digital disconnect that exists between schools and pervasive digital communications and media present problems in developing New Literacies for all involved. Participation gaps among students add a social justice dimension to this work. This paper suggests a typology of scaffolding for language development in preservice teacher education courses incorporating computer-mediated communication (CMC) for pedagogical purposes that are applicable to other contexts. Scaffolding can help develop beginning teachers' digital literacy skills and reduce the participation gap that threatens to create a cultural divide between educators and their increasingly "wired" students. Practical suggestions and lessons learned are included.
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- Material Type:
- Open (Access) Journal-Article
- Date Added to MERLOT:
- July 16, 2014
- Date Modified in MERLOT:
- March 9, 2016
- Authors:
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Tomás Galguera,
Mills College
Julie Nicholson, Mills College - Submitter:
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Barbra Bied Sperling
- Primary Audience:
- College Lower Division, College Upper Division, Graduate School, Professional
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- Language:
- English
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This work is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States
