EDRD 3400 - Reading the World of 21st Century Texts

3 Credit Hours
Description
This course will examine the act of reading texts effectively in the 21st century. Students will discuss what it means to be a literate person in a technological society and will explore constructs that relate to their understandings of texts, their literacy histories and communities, the academy, and national and international literacy sectors. Building on students’ prior knowledge and experiences, students will participate in unique and creative on- and off-line interactive activities and demonstrations to help them make sense of themselves as literate individuals, to help them develop strategies for reading and comprehending texts of all kinds, and to help them develop expertise in negotiating the rapidly changing technological world around them.