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Ilana Snyder

Ilana Snyder is a Professor in the Faculty of Education, Monash University. Her research has investigated the changes to literacy practices associated with the use of digital technologies. Books that explore these changes include: Hypertext (1996), Page to Screen (1997), Teachers and Technoliteracy, with Colin Lankshear and Bill Green (2000), Silicon Literacies (2002) and Doing Literacy Online, with Catherine Beavis (2004). Her research has also considered the connections between literacy, learning, technology and disadvantage. In her most recent book, The Literacy Wars (2008), Ilana discusses the politics of the volatile media debates around literacy education in Australia drawing parallels with the US and the UK.

Ilana Snyder

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  • A Home Away from Home?

    Ilana Snyder and John Nieuwenhuysen
  • Closing the Gap in Education?

    Ilana Snyder and John Nieuwenhuysen

Events

  • Canberra Writers Festival: Climate, Chaos & COP 31

    Senate Chamber | Museum of Australian Democracy Old Parliament House 18 King George Terrace, Canberra, ACT

    With geopolitical earthquakes shaking our world – what can we expect at COP31 in November? Thom Woodroofe, Clive Hamilton and Miki Perkins explore the underlying philosophies driving world powers and...

  • Canberra Writers Festival: Testing the Body

    Liangis Theatre, National Portrait Gallery King Edward Terrace, Parkes, ACT

    Writing about how bodies are tested – through terrible abrupt accident, gruelling ultra-marathon and the simple reality of ageing – can open profound questions about what matters in life. Join...

  • Queenscliffe Literary Festival: Herstory: Hidden, Forgotten, Reclaimed

    Queenscliff Town Hall 50 Learmonth St, Queenscliff, VIC

    Three remarkable women share three extraordinary stories of courage, discovery and resilience. Lisa Wilkinson introduces Titanic survivor Evelyn Marsden; Diana Thorp reveals the secret world of Australian women code breakers...