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This seminar examines current images in the popular press of adolescents in crisis and explores recent research on the transitions and challenges faced by today's youth. Participants read coming of age literature and discuss how these texts can be used to engage students in the language arts classroom. During our time together, we will examine modern and contemporary portrayals of adolescents and explore several collaborative social media and online technologies which these millennial children use in their private and academic lives.

Feel free to post questions and comments below that you would like us to address or cover this week:

__What kinds of issues would YOU like to talk about this upcoming week?__
(These are some of the discussion questions I heard you mention in our first meeting, Sunday evening. Feel free to add more!)


 * Is coming of age a luxury only the middle and upper classes can afford?
 * How does class figure into the texts we're reading together?
 * Can we include those voices previously "hidden" or "invisible" in our discussions?
 * Is the term "Coming of Age" a marketing label?
 * When we use the term "Coming of Age," are we referring to the intended audience or to the content?
 * When we say that a text is a "Coming of Age," are we limited to young adolescents as the protagonists? Can an adult "Come of Age" in this genre?
 * Multi-modal literacies and reading patterns
 * Digital Natives vs. Digital Immigrants
 * Boys' learning styles vs. Girls' learning styles
 * Inclusion issues (Asperger's, Autism, Tourettes)
 * Is it possible (or useful) to come up with a working definition for coming-of-age? the more we discuss, the more it seems to be a universal journey - if so, what makes the 'young adult' book distinct?
 * Are there some texts that deal with normal/abnormal physical maturation and chronic illness?*