Toward a More Visual Literacy

Jennifer S. Dail, Ph.D., is an associate professor of English Education at Kennesaw State University where she works with graduate students in secondary English Education and directs the Kennesaw Mountain Writing Project. Her primary focus is on digital media and technology in English language arts classrooms, and she has a deep love of young adult literature.Shelbie Witte, Ph.D., is the Chuck and Kim Watson Chair in Education and Associate Professor of Adolescent Literacy and English Education at Oklahoma State University, where she works with preservice English Language Arts teachers. She is the director of the Initiative for 21st Century Literacies Research and the Oklahoma State University Writing Project.Steven T. Bickmore is an Associate professor of English Education at UNLV and maintains a weekly academic blog on YA literature (http://www.yawednesday.com/). He is a past editor of The ALAN Review and a current editor of Study and Scrutiny: Research in Young Adult Literature.

• ForewordLisa ScherffIntroduction: Positioning Students as Creators in the ClassroomJennifer S. Dail and Shelbie WittePart I: Classroom Contexts: Helping Students Visualize Digitally Chapter 1- “It’s about more than words:” Reading All American Boys in a Social Digital Reading Environment Sara KajderChapter 2- Flipping the Teaching of Young Adult Literature Amy PiotrowskiChapter 3- Learning Conversations: Ancient Practice Meets New Technology Jenny Cameron Paulsen and Matt CopelandPart II: Social Engagement: Connecting Youth Beyond School Chapter 4- Responding to Young Adult Literature through Civic Engagement Kristen Hawley Turner and Dawn ReedChapter 5- Social Media, Gaming, and Jay Gatsby: Integrating Youth Motifs with Youth Literacies in High School EnglishAlison Heron Hruby, Lindsay Ellis Johnson, Dakoda Trenary, and Dallas CoxChapter 6- Infusing Young Adult Literature into the Virtual Classroom Brooke Eisenbach, Paula Greathouse, and Jennifer FarnhamIII: Critical Inquiry: Digging Deeper with Young Adult LiteratureChapter 7- Emerging Media, Evolving Engagement: Expanding Teachers’ Repertoires of Literary Study and Response Anna Smith and Robyn SeglemChapter 8- Seeing the World Differently: Remixing Young Adult Literature through Critical LensesJennifer S. Dail and Aneté VasquezChapter 9- Song of Myself: A Digital Unit of Study Remixed Fawn Canady, Kymberly Martin, and Chyllis ScottAbout the EditorsAbout the Contributors

The editors of Toward a More Visual Literacy: Shifting the Paradigm with Digital Tools and Young Adult Literature have curated a collection of essays by teachers and teacher educators that examine the possibilities of exploring young adult literature through the lens of digital literacies. The chapters are written with teachers in mind and offer aspirational models of lessons that could be adapted and, to use a term from the collection, “remixed” for learners at any grade level.