Literacy in the digital age / R.W. Burniske ; foreword by Donna Ogle.

Revised edition of: Literacy in the cyberage. 2000.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 131-134) and index.

In tribute -- Foreword / Donna Ogle -- Introduction -- Cyberwriter at Work: The Design of This Book -- How to Read This Book: A Linear Approach to Hypertext -- 1: Media Literacy: Broadening The Definition Of Computer Literacy -- Curricular conundrum -- Rhetorical triangle: ethos, logos, and pathos -- Media literacy challenge 1: Rhetoric of computer advertising -- Is everything an argument? -- Media literacy challenge 2: Arguments 'R Us -- Technology of writing -- Media literacy challenge 3: Musical chairs and writing technology -- Civil literacy -- 2: Civil Literacy: The Cyberpilot's License -- Cyberpilot's license -- Know your vehicle -- Rights and responsibilities -- Who and what rules the airwaves? -- Piloting skills and netiquette -- Intellectual property in cyberspace: an overview -- Civil literacy challenge 1: Borrowing without stealing -- Civil literacy challenge 2: Putting out the flames -- 3: Discourse Literacy: Beyond The Chat Room -- Discourse literacy challenge 1: Hearing voices -- Discourse literacy challenge 2: imitating voices -- Greater expectations: synchronous online -- Case study: Paul M -- Establish the rules, play by the rules -- Discourse literacy challenge 3: Role-playing online -- Case study: Online role-playing -- Personal literacy -- 4: Personal Literacy: Discovering Oneself Online -- Initiation stories -- Fostering personal literacy -- Personal literacy challenge 1: Why list -- Why ask why: increasing student awareness -- Why ask why: inviting response -- Case study: the why list online -- Personal literacy challenge 2: Hypertext why list -- Beyond personal inquiry: community literacy -- 5: Community Literacy: Composing Ourselves In A Virtual Community -- Community literacy challenge 1: Sequential story -- Case study: Telecollaborative sequential story -- Community literacy challenge 2: Putting e-mail in the right envelope -- Course web sites: a Community work in progress -- Visual literacy -- 6: Visual Literacy: Web Sites, Rhetorically Speaking -- What are you looking at? -- Case study: State of the onion -- Seeing is believing (and Other Satirical Lessons) -- Measuring the sum of a web documents -- Visual literacy challenge 2: Web sites and evaluative arguments -- Global literacy -- 7: Evaluative Literacy: Peer Reviews, Electronic Portfolios, And Online Learning Records -- Evaluative literacy challenge 1: Hypertext writing workshop -- Case study: Electronic portfolios -- Case study: Online learning records -- Pedagogical literacy -- 8: Pedagogical Literacy: Plugging Into Electronic Pedagogy -- Mr Wynegar's pastime: tradition and the individual teacher -- Ms Sabadilla and the electronic chalkboard -- Electronic pedagogy: the web site -- Appendix: Index of web sites -- References -- Further readings -- Index.

From the publisher: Living in today's digital age provides a wealth of learning opportunities and a wide range of communication possibilities. Along with its many benefits, the World Wide Web poses real challenges to even the most informed user, from misinformation to unedited work to plagiarism. How can we teach students to use the Internet intelligently and responsibly? In this insightful resource, internationally recognized professor and author R.W. Burniske takes an in-depth look at the Internet's advantages and risks and shows teachers how to incorporate technology to help students communicate clearly, accurately, and purposefully. Using specific case studies, teacher tips, and practical ideas, this valuable resource gives teachers guidelines to help students develop their ability to: use language critically and tactfully, assess visual content on the Web, critically evaluate Web sites for validity and reliability, practice ethics and etiquette on the Internet, and analyze online information for credibility, logic, and embedded emotional content. Literacy in the Digital Age, Second Edition, provides everything educators need to make digital literacy a vital part of their classroom instruction.