New literacies globally popular among children and adolescents in and out of school contexts
are challenging educators and institutions to rethink pedagogies. As educators begin to embrace
the pedagogical possibilities of multimodal texts and digital practices they are exploring the
complexities of assessing these new literacies. The essays in this book explore what it means
to assess the sophisticated textual engagements of new literacies including reading and
writing online social networking gaming multimodal composing and creating virtual
identities. Chapters offer practical examples of new literacies and examine how assessment
provides insight into the diverse ways in which language is conceived valued and used to
inform the literate lives of its twenty-first century users. Scholars and educators will find
this collection full of rich understanding of the assessment concerns raised by new
communication practices youth culture digital engagements and semiotic diversification.
