What happens when a new social technology is imposed on the established social technology of the school? This book presents an unusual application of critical cultural analysis to a series of empirical case studies of educational uses of information and communication technologies (ICTs). Drawing on research conducted over a ten-year period in three different regions of the Anglo-American developed world, it examines themes arising from the struggle for the social spaces and emerging cyber spaces of schooling; the role of identity projects in educational change; and the paradoxes which arise...
What happens when a new social technology is imposed on the established social technology of the school? This book presents an unusual application of ...
Situated at the intersection of two of the most important areas in educational research today - literacy and technology - this work draws on the potential of each while carving out important new territory. It directs scholars to the major issues, theoretical perspectives, and interdisciplinary research on new literacies.
Situated at the intersection of two of the most important areas in educational research today - literacy and technology - this work draws on the poten...
What happens when a new social technology is imposed on the established social technology of the school? This book presents an unusual application of critical cultural analysis to a series of empirical case studies of educational uses of information and communication technologies (ICTs). Drawing on research conducted over a ten-year period in three different regions of the Anglo-American developed world, it examines themes arising from the struggle for the social spaces and emerging cyber spaces of schooling; the role of identity projects in educational change; and the paradoxes which arise...
What happens when a new social technology is imposed on the established social technology of the school? This book presents an unusual application of ...
The study of new literacies is quickly emerging as a major research field. This book -samples- work in the broad area of new literacies research along two dimensions. First, it samples some typical examples of new literacies video gaming, fan fiction writing, weblogging, role play gaming, using websites to participate in affinity practices, memes, and other social activities involving mobile technologies. Second, the studies collectively sample from a wide range of approaches potentially available for researching and studying new literacies from a sociocultural perspective. Readers will come...
The study of new literacies is quickly emerging as a major research field. This book -samples- work in the broad area of new literacies research along...
This book brings together a group of internationally-reputed authors in the field of digital literacy. Their essays explore a diverse range of the concepts, policies and practices of digital literacy, and discuss how digital literacy is related to similar ideas: information literacy, computer literacy, media literacy, functional literacy and digital competence. It is argued that in light of this diversity and complexity, it is useful to think of digital literacies - the plural as well the singular. The first part of the book presents a rich mix of conceptual and policy perspectives; in...
This book brings together a group of internationally-reputed authors in the field of digital literacy. Their essays explore a diverse range of the con...
Situated at the intersection of two of the most important areas in educational research today literacy and technology this handbook draws on the potential of each while carving out important new territory. It provides leadership for this newly emerging field, directing scholars to the major issues, theoretical perspectives, and interdisciplinary research on new literacies.
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Brings together a diverse international team of editors and chapter authors
Provides an extensive collection of...
Situated at the intersection of two of the most important areas in educational research today literacy and technology this handbook draws on the...