You can do this. All of us can. Breaking down the barriers to literacy and language is as simple as gaining access to an Internet-capable computer (we at STANDARDS should know...).

The best thing about this new textbook from Blue Heron Publishing is the ease with which both the teacher and student are guided through the basic to intermediate skills of decoding the desktop literary endeavour. And that means access to success, in a discipline where so many students have floundered for far too long.

As with Writing Across Cultures, the editors of STANDARDS have put this Blue Heron text to practical use. It works. Thematic study, ethnography, graphics...a whole mezcla of usages are provided here, and explained in an engaging, devoted manner.

If you're a free-lance writer looking to begin a web page; a teacher working to bridge gaps; a student wanting to begin one of the most exciting contemporary literary journeys, this is a book not to miss.

You need this text in your computing classrooms, libraries, and home offices. Enough said.