This book explores the intersection of (1) poetry, (2) digital learning environments, and (3) multiple literacies, pushing and exploring the boundaries of what can be done with poetry in an online, digital environment. The research is based on interviews with prominent contemporary Canadian poets in an attempt to explore the nature of poetry, the teaching and learning of poetry and the potential role of new media. A multimodal approach to poetry, (with an emphasis on the visual, spatial, gestural, audio, and linguistic), can offer new and powerful ways to think about and understand poetry....

The Digital Principal shows educational leaders how to apply their leadership skills to the challenge of creating and supporting a technology-rich environment. From digital citizenship to connecting to the digital community to accessing digital and virtual worlds, this book establishes a framework for integrating technology into instruction and learning. It includes technology standards specific to educational administrators, a survey testing a school's Technology Quotient (its readiness to embrace both the digital principle and the digital principal), tips for writing grants to...