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For Immediate Release

LITERACY, TECHNOLOGY, AND DIVERSITY: TEACHING FOR SUCCESS IN CHANGING TIMES

JIM P. CUMMINS, Professor, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education

KRISTIN BROWN, Director of Global Learning Networks -Center for Equity and Biliteracy Education Research (CEBER), San Diego State University

DENNIS SAYERS, Associate Professor of Teacher Education, California State University-Stanislaus

(ISBN: 0-205-38935-X/ $36.00)

BOSTON, MA – As diversity in the classroom becomes more prominent, there is a great need to imagine the future of education, and implement the necessary framework for change in schools. The long-awaited Literacy, Technology, and Diversity: Teaching for Success in Changing Times is a much-needed resource for today’s diverse classrooms, offering both pre-service and existing teachers a fresh approach to the teaching of literacy and technology. This text provides a research-based blueprint for implementing pedagogical approaches that promote literacy engagement among low-income and minority students, while extensive case studies of classroom practice, document how student diversity and technology can become catalysts for deeper learning. Instead of just pinpointing limitations in today’s educational system, Jim Cummins, Kristin Brown, and Dennis Sayers move beyond critique and provide powerful action plans to help you in your classroom!

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Other features of this book include:

• Examples of projects, backed by research-based theories for their effective adaptation to help both pre-service and practicing teachers become more independent and creative in the ways they use technology.

• Useful suggestions on how to effectively integrate literacy and technology into the classroom are included throughout.

• Portraits (Case studies) of collaborative projects promoting literacy learning and often involving technology on such topics as: Cognition, Assessment, Community of Learning, and Tools and Resources in Section II (Chapters 5-9).

• Offers book study guide questions in every chapter.

• Includes a complimentary CD-ROM of additional resources for teachers as well as updated portraits on exemplary projects and video clips.

Professor MaryLou McCloskey of Georgia State University describes the text as “very clearly written, inviting, and readable. It is appropriate in level and tone for in-service teachers, graduate students, upper-level graduates, and the educated general public.”

Jim Cummins is a widely-recognized authority on bilingualism, literacy development and technology-assisted learning.  He is co-author of the widely successful series, Scott Foresman ESL Sunshine Edition (Scott Foresman) and spends time presenting and consulting across the United States and Canada.

Kristin Brown has been a leader in promoting global learning networks internationally. She work with teachers, pre-service teachers, teacher educators, and community members on meaningful uses of technology in multilingual, multicultural contexts with a focus on social justice issues.

Dennis Sayers has researched two-way bilingual immersion programs, technology and language awareness and has done professional development workshops in California.

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