Transliteracy, the ability to read, write and interact across a range of platforms, tools and media… is a hot topic among educators and and librarians alike. Already librarians are charging themselves with the responsibility to close the gap in the digital divide that exists between the haves and the have nots.
Schools have computers, but with the continuing pressures placed on them by high stakes tests, how can they incorporate more time toward making their students more transliterate? Yet everyone seems to agree that this needs to be done.
The question I ask myself is, how do authors and children’s publishers (who have had a long and enduring love affair with the printed word) work toward the transliteracy of children? For authors, websites, blogs and vlogs, social networking sites such as Facebook and even Twitter can help with this, if we aim them at our younger readers. This media may be utilized by children in schools as they do author studies, book reports and more. Publishers can provide book trailers, online reading clubs, and other interactive activities. As much as I love the printed page—and I do!—the digital age is upon us, and we must now do more than provide ways to contribute to children becoming literate. We need to provide them with quality transliteracy experiences, as well.
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