On Word

Introducing Fountainhead Press' best selling V-Series Word. This life altering, slim, sexy, badass reader will change the way teachers teach and students learn about how we shape and are shaped by the multiple literacies we encounter each day. Sit back. Buckle Up. Prepare for the experience: Chris and Carla present: Word.

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Word Bibliography - Research and TOC

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Articles/Reports

Dante, Ed. “Shadow Scholar.” The Chronicle of Higher Education. http://chronicle.com/article/The-Shadow-Scholar/125329/

Dillon, Sam. “What Corporate American Can’t Build: A Sentence.” New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/07/business/07write.html?pagewanted=print&position

Hare, Cory. “Okay Class, There's An App For That: School Runs With New Technology Focus” St. Albert Gazette

Jolliffe, David A. and Allison Harl. “Texts Of Our Institutional Lives: Studying The “Reading Transition” From High School To College: What Are Our Students Reading And Why?”
College English.

“Room for Debate: Does College Make you Smarter.” Selected articles. New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2011/01/24/does-college-make-you-smarter

Writing: A Ticket to Work or a Ticket Out. National Commission on Writing.

Writing ,Technology and Teens. National Commission on Writing.


Yancey, Kathleen Blake. “Writing in the 21st Century.” National Council of Teachers of English. http://www.ncte.org/library/NCTEFiles/Press/Yancey_final.pdf

Book Selections

Jay-Z. Decoded.
Charnas, Dan. The Big Payback: History Of Business Of Hip Hop (as heard on NPR's Fresh Air with Terry Gross)

Music/Artist Pairings:

Fredrick Douglass
K-naan/Daddy Yankee/Jay Z

Sojourner Truth   
Lil Kim/Alicia Keyes

Bob Dylan  
Pink
Mary J Blige

Gloria Anzaldua
Shakira  
Wyclef  

Bob Dylan
Rage Against the Machine

Billy Joel: We Didn’t Start the Fire
Rob Thomas: Look How Far We’ve Come