I'm hoping to write an article on audiobooks and multiple literacies but, as far as I can find, there are no available sources discussing the topic of audio formats and literacy, let alone how such literacy may reflect a wide spectrum of reading preferences and personal styles ( Read more... )

Kes: I posted this a few months ago as a friends-locked post, but the editor of the Media Literacy Journal encouraged me to post here also. I encourage folks to look for the entire journal, however, as it is filled with many excellent essays on diversity and media technology. Some of the issues addressed are student access to media technology and ( Read more... )

Celebrate International Literacy Day September 8, 2008 ( Read more... )

Kes: I find this facet of Henry's discussion really exciting, as I think fan fiction provides insight into how readers read and interpret what they have read, in addition to opening up thinking about what readers do with stories after the reading process itself is technically done ( Read more... )

National Braille Press is offering the following braille learning tool and one of the great things about it is blind kids and adults can use the blocks to learn braille, but sighted kids can also use the blocks to learn braille and produce messages for blind friends and relatives. I really cannot stress enough how important it is to get these ( Read more... )

Conference on Literature in Virtual Worlds On August 4th, 2008, and again on August 6th ( Read more... )

I'm currently working on an article with this title, and I'm trying to compose a list of these relevant literacies. ; do any of my readers have further suggestions? I realize that some non-disabled people might ask what is so special about framing these as literacies particular to BVI readers, and one aspect I want to underscore is the degree to ( Read more... )

Every good book contains a seed of subversity, for a good book changes our perspective on the world and our place in it ( Read more... )

I have read a couple of posts on this subject lately and, as I experienced this at the end of last year, I thought I would write about what I did to recover from this insidious and distressing condition ( Read more... )

Kes: I have noticed that sites like Fictionwise are seriously catering to the romance--including paranormal romance--audience. Additionally, a number of those titles on Fictionwise are queer romances. Any idea on why eBooks might be more appealing to female and queer readers? Maybe men just read less in general? (Sorry if that last one sounds ( Read more... )