Inventing Metaphors to Understand the Genre of Poetry

To make personally meaningful connections with poetry as a genre, students in the author\u27s seventh grade classes generated original metaphors to describe the essence of poetry

Extending the Conversation: New Technologies, New Literacies, and English Education

The authors contend that new technologies have developed new literacies and new ways of thinking that are reshaping our lives. In the rapidly changing world, they argue, these new literacies and their practices must become central to effective English education programs. To frame their argument, they introduce the notion of technological pedagogical content knowledge to bridge the perceived binary of technology and English education. Throughout, they analyze how reflection on new technologies and integration of them into coursework for specific purposes is an educational, political, and even a moral imperative