Theme 5; Reading One

Jewitt, C. (2006) Technology, literacy and learning: A multimodal approach. 270 Madison Ave, New York, NY 10016: Routledge.

Chapter One
After all the research that has been conducted into technologies and learning the most positive case scenario is that some new technologies help some people learn in some instances. The failure to incorporate technology into the schools effectively has rarely been attributed to the design of technologies. Rather it has been seen as a failure of government policy, inadequate funding, lack of educational vision, and or the apathy and resistance of teachers.

Jewitt brings together two ways (multimodality and activity theory) of thinking to provide a framework for using educational technologies within the classroom.