Virtual Literacies : Interactive Spaces for Children and Young People.

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The growth of interest in virtual worlds and other online spaces for children and young people raises important issues for literacy educators and researchers. This book is a timely and much-needed collection of current research in the area. It provides a synthesis of knowledge and understanding and...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Merchant, Guy
Otros Autores: Gillen, Julia, Marsh, Jackie, Davies, Julia
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2012.
Colección:Routledge research in education.
Temas:
Computers and literacy.
Virtual reality in education.
Education > Effect of technological innovations on.
Computers and children.
Video games and children.
Ordinateurs et alphabétisation.
Réalité virtuelle en éducation.
Éducation > Effets des innovations sur.
Ordinateurs et enfants.
Jeux vidéo et enfants.
EDUCATION > General.
EDUCATION > Curricula.
EDUCATION > Experimental Methods.
COMPUTERS > Educational Software.
Computers and children
Computers and literacy
Education > Effect of technological innovations on
Video games and children
Virtual reality in education
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Part I: Exploring Virtuality. 1. From Virtual Histories to Virtual Literacies / Julia Gillen and Guy Merchant
  • 2. A Sociocultural Approach to Exploring Virtual Worlds / Rebecca W. Black and Stephanie M. Reich
  • 3. Barbies and Chimps: Text and Childhoods in Virtual Worlds / Victoria Carrington
  • Part II: Virtual Literacies in Everyday Life. 4. Multiliteracies in the Wild: Learning from Computer Games / Catherine Beavis
  • 5. Countering Chaos in Club Penguin: Young Children's Literacy Practices in a Virtual World / Jackie Marsh
  • 6. Telling Stories Out of School: Young Male Gamers Talk About Literacies / Alex Kendall and Julian McDougall.
  • Part III: School Innovations. 7. 'What is the MFC?' Making and Shaping Meaning in Alternate Reality Games / Angela Colvert
  • 8. More Than Tweets: Developing the 'New' and 'Old' Through Online Social Networking / Martin Waller
  • 9. Children as Game Designers: New Narrative Opportunities / Cathrin Howells and Judy Robertson
  • 10. "I Oversee What the Children Are Doing": Challenging Literacy Pedagogy in Virtual Worlds / Guy Merchant
  • Part IV: Aspects of Participation. 11. Scientific Literacy in a Social Networking Application / Christine Greenhow
  • 12. Seeking Planning Permission to Build a Gothic Cathedral on a Virtual Island / Julia Gillen [and others]
  • 13. Learning from Adventure Rock / Lizzie Jackson
  • 14. Playing Together Separately: Mapping Out Literacy and Social Synchronicity / Crystle Martin [and others]
  • Virtual Literacies and Beyond: Some Concluding Comments.

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