Kimberley Gomez, Assistant Professor, Curriculum and Instruction
The University of Illinois at Chicago
Three Expertise Keywords:
21st-century-literacies, after-school, one-to-one-computing
Read More: http://www.chicagodefender.com/page/local.cfm?ArticleID=5722
Why Digital Media and Learning?
I believe that teacher/mentors who are more reflective about the role of technologies in supporting the creation of 21st century literacies need empirically grounded and practically applicable teaching and learning guidance to support authentic use, encourage appropriation of technical language, and support creation, analysis and critique of technology-based artifacts.
Recent Posts:
- Kim Gomez: Documenting 21st Century Learning (November 1, 2007)
Description of Current Work:
My current work is focused on involves documentation and analysis of
teaching and learning activities, in formal and informal settings,
which will provide specific empirical and thick description
examples of communicative and pedagogical approaches and
contexts that positively impact the narrowing of the “digital divide.”
Selected Publications/Projects/Articles/Press:
Information Infrastructure Project http://www.iisrd.org
Gomez, L., & Gomez, K. (November, 2007). Reading for learning: Literacy supports for 21st century work. Phi Delta Kappan.
Williams, K. & Gomez, L. (2002). Presumptive literacies in technology-integrated science curriculum. In G. Stahl (Ed.), Computer support for collaborative learning: foundations for a CSCL community (pp. 599-600). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
Gomez, K., Gomez, L., Kwon, S., & Sherrer, J. (in press). Supporting reading-to-learn in science: The application of summarization technology in multicultural urban high school classrooms. In R. Bloymeyer, T. Ganesh, & H. Waxman (Eds.), Research in technology use in multicultural settings. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publications.
Gomez, K., Hooper, P., White-Zwicka, J., & Pinkard, N. (in preparation). Exposure and empowerment: Instruction as a tool for creating a community of practice in a technology-focused after school youth program.
1.Willliams is the former surname of K. Gomez.
