This research aimed to explore the readiness, expertise, and multimedia needs in education. An online questionnaire was used to collect data. A total of 124 students from the Faculty of Industrial Education responded to the survey. The data showed that most students have notebooks and smart phones as important tools for creating multimedia. The…

In this article, the author explores her observations of preservice teachers' technological literacy as it is often enacted across iterations of a writing methods course. Using personal examples and classroom anecdotes, the author argues that the construct of "digital native" is flawed and, instead, the author positions preservice…

Contemporary commentary notes that students are frequently ahead of their teachers in their ability to manipulate and be creative with the internet, digital programs, and mobile technology. In this context it is important to ask, "What knowledge do teachers need to teach in the contemporary context where texts are elaborately multimodal,…