Digital Networking for School Reform: The Online Grassroots Efforts of Parent and Teacher Activists
Presenting school reform grassroots activists - teachers, parents, and organizers alike - in their own words, the editors document the newly emerged role of digital networks of activists in school reform and analyze their efforts as acts of critical liter
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DOI: 10.1057/ 10.1057/9781137430748.0001
Kieron Sheehy, Rebecca Ferguson and Gill Clough AUGMENTED EDUCATION Bringing Real and Virtual Learning Together Anastasia Gouseti DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES FOR SCHOOL COLLABORATION Social Media and Other Classroom Connections Jan A. G. M. van Dijk and Alexander van Deursen DIGITAL SKILLS Unlocking the Information Society
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Digital Networking for School Reform: The Online Grassroots Efforts of Parent and Teacher Activists Edited by
Alison Heron-Hruby Assistant Professor of English Education, Morehead State University, USA and
Melanie Landon-Hays Assistant Professor, Division of Teacher Education, Western Oregon University, USA
DOI: 10.1057/9781137430748.0001
digital networking for school reform Copyright © Alison Heron-Hruby and Melanie Landon-Hays, 2014. Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2014 978-1-137-43073-1 All rights reserved. First published 2014 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN in the United States—a division of St. Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Where this book is distributed in the UK, Europe and the rest of the world, this is by Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries. ISBN: 978–1–137–43074–8 PDF ISBN: 978-1-349-49215-2 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available from the Library of Congress. A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. First edition: 2014 www.palgrave.com/pivot doi: 10.1057/9781137430748
This book is dedicated to my father, John Murray Heron, a career public school teacher and steadfast advocate of teacher rights. Alison Heron-Hruby This book is dedicated to all of the teachers (present and future), teacher educators, parents, and activists fighting for our public schools. May your voices be heard and the teaching profession honored. Melanie Landon-Hays
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Contents Series Editors’ Foreword
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Preface Acknowledgments
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Notes on Contributors
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Critical Digital Literacies and the Struggle over What’s Common George L. Boggs and Trevor Thomas Stewart Getting the Attention of the White House: Using Facebook to Promote Teacher Knowledge about School Reform Anthony Cody United Opt Out National and the Resistance of High-Stakes Standardized Testing Shaun Johnson and Tim Slekar Beginning at the Blog: Moving from Kitchen-Table Plans to National Political Activism Using Digital Narratives Dora Taylor Fighting Testing Madness in Charlotte, North Carolina Pamela Grundy
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