The increasing popularity of digitally-mediated communication is prompting us to radically rethink literacy and its role in education; at the same time, national policies have promulgated a view of literacy focused on the skills and classroom routines associated with print, bolstered by regimes of accountability and assessments. As a result, teachers are caught between two competing discourses: one upholding a traditional conception of literacy re-iterated by politicians and policy-makers, and the other encouraging a more radical take on 21st century literacies driven by leading...
The increasing popularity of digitally-mediated communication is prompting us to radically rethink literacy and its role in education; at the same ...
Literacy, Media, Technology considers the continued significance of popular culture forms such as postcards, film, television, games, virtual worlds and social media for educators. Following multiple pathways through technological innovation, the contributors reflect on the way in which digital and portable devices lead to new and emerging forms of reading, participating and creating. Rejecting linear conceptualisations of progression, they explore how time is not linear as technological advances are experienced in multiple ways linked to different personal, social, political and...
Literacy, Media, Technology considers the continued significance of popular culture forms such as postcards, film, television, games, virtual w...
Gathering an international group of literacy studies scholars who have investigated mobile literacies in a variety of educational settings, this book focuses on tablets from diverse theoretical perspectives, and particularly the iPad, as a prime example of mobile literacies, setting this within the broader context of literacy and mobility.
Gathering an international group of literacy studies scholars who have investigated mobile literacies in a variety of educational settings, this book ...
