Alvermann to give FSU’s 21st Century Lecture Series keynote
Published in Faculty / Staff, LLE, Speaking Out
Alvermann
Donna Alvermann, the O.C. and Elizabeth Aderhold Professor in Education and UGA Distinguished Research Professor of Language and Literacy Education, will be the keynote speaker at Florida State University College of Education’s inaugural 21st Century Literacies Lecture Series on Sept. 19.
The title of her address is: “21st Century Literacies: What Our Students Can Teach Us If We’re Willing Learners!”
“Insights from my own work in 21st century literacies suggest that teachers at all grade levels, school library media specialists and youth librarians have much to learn from students’ literacy practices both in and out of school,” said Alvermann. “However, unless we attend to young people’s uses of digital, visual, aural, and print texts in relation to popular media culture, we stand to miss and/or misinterpret what it means to communicate effectively in an era described by some as ‘a sequel to literacy.”