Online Children's Literature

    I thought this section would be interesting to read about because it discusses the important role that the internet has now. Even with young children, everyone seems to have a computer in their reach.
     The book defines new literacies "skills, strategies, and dispositions necessary to successfully use and adapt to the rapidly changing information and communication technologies and contexts that continuously emerge in our world and influences all areas of our personal and professional lives." I thought this definition was very accurate because it seems to always be changing and we must adapt to it or we will be left behind, and now and days we have to be able to do so much just for jobs.
      The book talks about some great benefits in the classroom from technology in the 21st century though. This benefits are online books, where the students can now read books for free online. Online read alouds, where children can listen to their books being read instead of having to wait for their parents or a teacher. Interactive storybooks, this is when the students can play games and answer questions that go along with the book they are reading to help them understand their material better. They can even watch videos of the author they are reading. This can allow the students to understand their author better and where they got the idea to write the stories.
      Using activities can also help the students enhance their critical thinking as well. The internet can teach the student how to search for material and have a large outcome of what they need. There are many projects students can do as well that will involve using the internet.
      It was extremely interesting to read about all the all the options open to students using the internet and being able to master technology at such a young age now.