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Article

Publication Date

10-2012

Abstract

In this article, we address how websites intended for ELA teachers encourage user participation and what kinds of English education these sites promote or exclude. We selected sites based on assumptions drawn from interactional sociolinguistics as well as additional criteria that developed during our search. Our analysis focuseson the George Lucas Foundation’s Edutopia.org as a central example, as well as five other sites with various similar features. Together, these sites promote a progressive, situated, project-based vision of English teaching, and they may serve as both venues and models for how English teacher educators who share that vision can reach a broader audience.

Citation / Publisher Attribution

English Education, v. 45, issue 1, p. 35-70

Copyright © 2012 National Council of Teachers of English

Link to publisher: http://www.ncte.org/journals/ee/issues/v45-1

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