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“The Boy Made of Lightning”
Author(s) -
Gainer Jesse
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of adolescent and adult literacy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.73
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1936-2706
pISSN - 1081-3004
DOI - 10.1002/jaal.280
Subject(s) - civil rights , democracy , sociocultural evolution , space (punctuation) , voting , sociology , column (typography) , pedagogy , civics , mathematics education , media studies , visual arts , political science , law , psychology , art , engineering , linguistics , telecommunications , philosophy , anthropology , frame (networking) , politics
This column explores 21 st century literacies through a sociocultural lens. Through an analysis and discussion of an ebook about the life of civil‐rights activist and voting rights pioneer, Willie Velasquez, the author illustrates the powerful potential of new technology to produce multi‐modal texts that can help students and educators study civic engagement and pursue ‘more democratic space’ inside and outside of classrooms.