This book sets out to examine the "new literacies" in today's technology-intensive world, and it presents ideas, concepts, and practical methods for improving learning about and with the whole range of information technologies. It follows a pattern designed to inform and challenge current educational practices. Chapters in the book are: (1) Multiple Literacies: Media Across the Curriculum; (2) Media Production in a Digital World: Creating Meaning with Video, Film, and Computers; (3) Communicating in the Future: The Language Arts and Literacy Building Technologies; (4) Numeracy: Literacy, Mathematics and Technology; (5) Scientific Literacy; (6) Aesthetic Literacy: Dance, Music, Theatre and the Visual Arts; (7) Technological Literacies: Integrating a Mix of Media into the Curriculum; and (8) Networking Literacy: Internet Resources and Tools across the Curriculum. The book is structured to provide teachers, parents, and other interested adults with ideas, issues, trends, and practical techniques for dealing with media and literacy. (RS)