Open AccessTeacher Resources Online
Author(s) -
Sue Nichols,
Amy Maynard,
Christopher P. Brown
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
language and literacy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1496-0974
DOI - 10.20360/g2tp4b
Subject(s) - toolbox , literacy , educational resources , resource (disambiguation) , information literacy , process (computing) , the internet , pedagogy , sociology , mathematics education , computer science , psychology , world wide web , computer network , programming language , operating system
The role of the internet is becoming ever more significant in the production and circulation of resources for literacy teaching, and in the process is changing teachers’ relationships with educational resources and professional communities. In this paper, we present case studies of four online resource networks established specifically for educational practitioners: TeacherTube, TES, TWRC Tank and Teacher Toolbox. We explore how and why the managers of these sites engage teachers, the online activities of educators using the sites, and the kinds of literacy teaching resources that are available to them. Based on an analysis of literacy teaching resources and associated activity on these websites, we argue that teacher professionalism in contemporary times involves new digital literacy practices in addition to conventional modes of using textual resources in teaching.