Teaching Poetry in a Digital World

Teaching Poetry in a Digital World supports ELA educators for grades 6-12 to incorporate digital literacy in their classroom through teaching the reading and writing of poetry.

Stefani Boutelier has over 20 years of teaching experience in K-20 and is currently an Associate Professor of Education at Aquinas College. She teaches pre-service and in-service teacher courses in instructional design, literacy, ed tech, and research methods as well as general education first-year seminar courses. Sarah J. Donovan is an Associate Professor of Secondary Education English at Oklahoma State University and founder of Ethical ELA. Launched in 2015, the Ethical ELA website hosts a monthly five-day online poetry writing experience with teachers and Verselove, 30 days of poetry writing in celebration of National Poetry Month. Her work focuses on how writing poetry shapes learning and well-being.

Contents Part I Chapter 1 Poetry in Our Digital World Chapter 2 Digital Citizenry for Content Creators Chapter 3 e-Poetry Framework: The Power of Choice in Digital Poetry Composition Chapter 4 From Draft to Digital: Understanding Writing Process Approaches to Poetry and Technology Part II Chapter 5 Haiku in Motion: Celebrating School Community through GIF Poetry Chapter 6 Place-Based Poetry: Zip-Odes and YouTube Shorts Chapter 7 AI + Nonet: Machine and Human Poetry Collaboration Chapter 8 Echoes of Persuasion: Two-Voiced Spoken Word Recordings Chapter 9 Concrete Piles of Positivity with Templates Chapter 10 Playing with Words: Enhancing Poetry Through Gamification Epilogue: Embracing the e-Poetry Journey