iP ed

Abstract

Reading and writing are being transformed by global changes in communication practices using new media technologies. This article introduces iP ed, a research‐based pedagogy that enables teachers to navigate innovative digital text production in the literacy classroom. The pedagogy was generated in the context of a longitudinal digital literacy intervention in a school that services low‐socioeconomic and ethnically diverse students. The iP ed pedagogy synthesizes four key pedagogies that were salient in the analysis of over 180 hours of lesson observations: link, challenge, cocreate, and share. The strengths of iP ed include connecting to students' home cultures, critical media literacy, collaborative and creative digital text production, and gaining cosmopolitan recognition within global communities.