TY - BOOK AU - Ortlieb,Evan AU - Cheek,Earl H. AU - Semingson,Peggy TI - Best practices in teaching digital literacies T2 - Literacy Research, Practice and Evaluation, SN - 9781787545519 (e-book) AV - LC149.5 .B47 2018 PY - 2018/// CY - Bingley, U.K. PB - Emerald Publishing Limited KW - Computers and literacy KW - Media literacy KW - Study and teaching KW - Internet literacy KW - Language and languages KW - Internet in education KW - Education KW - Teaching Methods & Materials KW - General KW - bisacsh KW - Literacy strategies KW - bicssc N1 - Includes index; Includes bibliographical references N2 - The almost universal reliance upon digitaltools for social, academic, and career development will only become morepronounced in the years to come. Teacher education programs remain ill-equippedto adequately prepare educators with the pedagogies needed to foster digitalliteracies. What is needed is a set of best practices towards teaching digitalliteracies so that teachers can better meet the emerging needs of theirstudents in todays classrooms. Where should teachers begin? What are theessentials of digital literacies within K-12 contexts? And how might wereimagine teacher education programs to optimally prepare teachers for workingwith technologically connected youth, whose literacies are more complex,interconnected, and diverse than ever? This volume provides a practicalframework for teacher education programs to develop K-12 students digitalliteracies. It offers a set of best practices in teaching digitalliteracies that promote access to research-based pedagogies for immediateimplementation in classrooms UR - https://www.emerald.com/insight/publication/doi/10.1108/S2048-0458201809 ER -