Rendering technology visible: The technological literacy narrative

This article describes the process of inviting students into discussions of new literacies and writing and technology through technological literacy narratives. The narratives offer benefits for students, classrooms, scholars, and teachers. The narratives encourage students to explore the often unexamined technologies that influence their writing processes, rendering technology visible in students’ life stories. Furthermore, the narratives initiate dialogue about contexts of literacy within the classroom, invite discourse between teachers and students, provide useful data for researchers in the field, and offer important information for teachers of writing, rendering an additional perspective on our students’ writing practices with new technologies in and beyond classroom walls.