When you finish this chapter, you should be able to:
- Define literacy in a broad sense of interpreting and constructing
verbal and nonverbal polysymbolic messages.
- Explain how electronic media impact a person's literacy needs
and responsibilities.
- Use a metasearch engine to conduct World Wide
Web searches.
- Use Web resources for your own professional development
as well as to find teaching resources and resources for parents.
- Understand how thematic units permit you to meld
together content and the use of technology
in your classroom.
