Young Adult Literature and the Digital World

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.

This text will be a valuable source for instruction as it not only introduces digital formats and assignments that may be new for many teachers such as transmedia writing, but also shares fresh and exciting ways to use familiar types of digital media such as Google Maps, YouTube, and TedTalks. There are also plenty of hyperlinks to online content so teachers can immediately start trying out new ideas!

• ForewordLeslie RushIntroduction: Critical Engagements with Literature: Guiding Youth as They Read, Compose, and Participate in the WorldShelbie Witte and Jennifer S. DailPart I: Using Young Adult Literature and Digital Spaces to Encounter the World Chapter 1- Emojis, #Hashtags, and Texting Oh My!: Remixing Shakespeare in the ELA Classroom Michelle M. Falter and Crystal L. BeachChapter 2- Transmedia Stories in the English Classroom Rikki Roccanti OverstreetChapter 3- Remixing Reader Response with Digital, Mobile, and Multimodal Literacies Lesley Roessing and Julie WarnerPart II: Using Young Adult Literature and Digital Spaces to Evaluate the WorldChapter 4- We Too are Connecticut: Digital Ubuntu with Matt de la Pena’s We Were Here Bryan Ripley Crandall, Kate Bedard, Paula Fortuna, Kim Herzog, Shaun Mitchell, Jennifer von Wahlde, and Megan ZabilanskyChapter 5- Becoming a Global and Digital Citizen through the Power of Young Adult Literature Kathryn BaileyPart III: Using Young Adult Literature and Digital Spaces to Engage in the WorldChapter 6- Participating in Literacy and the Outside World: Consuming, Composing, and Sharing Graphic Narratives Mike P. Cook and Brandon L. SamsChapter 7- Remixing Literacy for Justice and Hope Breanne HustonChapter 8- #iread #iwrite #iteach: Modeling the Use of Technology, Participatory Culture, and Critical Inquiry with YA Literature in the ELA ClassroomSteffany Comfort Maher About the EditorsAbout the Contributors