\u003cp\u003eBuilding on the groundbreaking research of the MacArthur Foundation's Digital Media \u0026amp; Learning initiative, this book crosses the divide between digital literacies and traditional print culture to engage a generation of students who can read with a book in one hand and a mouse in the other.\u003cem\u003eReading in a Participatory Culture\u003c/em\u003etells the story of an innovative experiment that brought together playwright and director Ricardo Pitts-Wiley, Melville scholar Wyn Kelley, and new media scholar Henry Jenkins to develop an exciting new curriculum to reshape the middle and high school English language arts classroom. This book offers highlights from the resources developed for teaching Herman Melville\u0026rsquo;s\u003cem\u003eMoby-Dick\u003c/em\u003eand outlines basic principles of design, implementation, and assessment that can be applied to any text.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBook Features:\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul type=\"\"disc\"\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cli\u003eModels a new approach for teaching reading in a participatory culture, which has been field-tested in six different classrooms.\u003c/li\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cli\u003eConsiders how19th-century authors, such as Herman Melville, participated in the literary culture around them.\u003c/li\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes links to a complimentary online digital book,\u003cem\u003eFlows of Reading,\u003c/em\u003ewhich shares the many videos produced by Project New Media and models the application of these core concepts to a range of other texts, including\u003cem\u003eThe\u003c/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eLord of the Rings, The Hunger Games,\u003c/em\u003eand\u003cem\u003eFlotsam\u003c/em\u003e.\u003c/li\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHenry Jenkins\u003c/strong\u003eis the Provost\u0026rsquo;s Professor of communications, journalism, cinematic arts, and education at the University of Southern California.\u003cstrong\u003eWyn Kelley\u003c/strong\u003eis senior lecturer in literature and comparative media studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u0026ldquo;In\u003cem\u003eReading in a Participatory Culture\u003c/em\u003e, Media Studies meets the Great White Whale in the English Classroom. This book is one of the most exciting and breathtaking works on English education ever written. At the same time it is must reading for anyone interested in digital media, digital culture, and learning in the 21st Century.\u0026rdquo;\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr\u003eâ\u003cstrong\u003eJames Paul Gee\u003c/strong\u003e, Mary Lou Fulton Presidential Professor of Literacy Studies, Arizona State University\u003c/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u0026ldquo;An inspirational approach to democratizing the cultural canon and restoring classrooms to expansive educational purposes grounded in a participatory ethos. It explains in clear, accessible, and practically informative terms the New Media Literacies philosophy of reading and writing to prepare today's students for the world they must buildâtogether, collaborativelyâtomorrow.\u003cem\u003eReadin\u003c/em\u003eg\u003cem\u003ein a Participatory Culture\u003c/em\u003eprovides rich descriptions of experiences and perspectives of readers and writers, teachers, and learners who understand\u003cem\u003eMoby-Dick\u003c/em\u003eas itself an instance of cultural remix and, in turn, a living creation to be remixed by all who take delight in itâespecially those who can come to take delight in it by being introduced to it as part of their\u003cem\u003eeducation\u003c/em\u003e.\u0026rdquo;\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr\u003e â\u003cstrong\u003eColin Lankshear\u003c/strong\u003e,Adjunct Professor, James Cook University, Australia\u003c/p\u003e
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