Common Core: Using Global Children's Literature and Digital Technologies

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Common Core is an instructive book that enhances classroom teacher knowledge-base of global and multicultural literature texts, which as a result, deepens student appreciation for cultures around the world. Through use of technology and multicultural literature, Dr. Saine fires up the imagination of students, as she transports them to other cultures, countries and regions of the world. It is a highly nuanced text that builds bridges across cultures while meeting English Language Arts (ELA) standards. The text is likely to make a lasting contribution to this mostly neglected area of student cultural awareness and development.

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Dr. Paula Saine has produced a definitive work that uses literature and technology to connect early childhood students with persons from various cultures across the United States of America, and around the world. This book is written primarily to equip teachers with the knowledge-base of other cultures in order to inspire students to become culturally diverse and technologically proficient to enhance literacy. Her approach affords teachers an opportunity to help students fulfill one of the basic tenets of cultural proficiency, that of developing a value for diversity. In doing so, teachers build a balanced collection of culturally diverse childrens literature and through innovative technology, use it to help students better understand themselves and others. She has, as a result, developed a valuable teaching tool that fosters an inside-out process. -- Raymond Terrell, professor emeritus, Miami University, Oxford, OH
The communities we, and our children, live in are becoming increasingly global.A comprehensive and contemporary education requires students to develop an understanding of the diverse and complex world they inhabit.Paula Saine provides teachers with an eminently usable resource for helping teachers deliver culturally focused instruction within the context of the school literature and literacy curricula.I recommend this book because readers will find it full of wonderful and engaging instructional ideas and activities that are sure to deepen students awareness of and appreciation for other peoples and cultures from around the world. -- Timothy Rasinski, professor of literacy education; member, International Reading Hall of Fame, Kent State University, Kent, OH
Teachers and librarians interested in introducing their K-3 students to global literature and digital technologies will find this book to be solid gold! The lists of childrens trade books and resources alone make the text worth owning. It is a virtual instructional treasure chest brimming with literacy best practice activities and digital learning strategies. Moreover, the author presents a model that can be applied to books set in additional countries. -- Terrell A. Young, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT
At the intersection of children's literature and technology, any child can travel around the world!No matter who they are or where they're from, readers can simultaneously experience the culture of any country in the world, use technology to amplify their learning, and become a more literate human being. In this book, Dr. Paula Saine shows us how this convergence is possible, and provides the practical steps to move our teaching around the world and back! -- Tanny McGregor, author of Comprehension Connections: Bridges to Strategic Reading and Genre Connections: Lessons to Launch Literary & Nonfiction Texts

Author Bio

Paula Saine, PhD, is an Associate Professor in the College of Education, Health, & Society at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio and has over thirty years of teaching experiences in K-16 and beyond. Her scholarly work is connected to literacy, culture, and the use of digital technologies in the classroom.