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. This volume engages researchers in international dialogue around new literacies, their implications for policy and practice, and how they might articulate across national boundaries. Drawing on cutting edge research from the USA, Canada, UK, Australia and South Africa, it is a pedagogical and policy-driven call for change.

Foreword 1. Changing Contexts for 21st Century Literacies 2. Global Forms and Assemblages: Children's Digital Literacy Practices in Unequal South African Settings Polo Lemphane and Mastin Prinsloo 3. Paper Pterodactyls and Popsicle Sticks: Expanding School Literacy through Filmmaking and Toymaking Karen Wohlwend and Beth Buchholtz 4. Conceptualising Collaboration in Hybrid Sites: Playing Minecraft Together and Apart in a Primary Classroom Cathy Burnett and Chris Bailey 5. (Im)Material Girls Living in (Im)material Worlds: Identity Curation Through Time and Space Julia Davies 6. Literature, Imagination and Computer games: Videogames and the English/Literature Curriculum Catherine Beavis 7. A Tale of Multiple Selves: Im/materializing Identities on Facebook Jennifer Rowsell and Julianne Burgess 8. Young Children and Interactive Story-Apps Guy Merchant 9. Mobility, Authorship, and Students' (Im)material Engagement with Digital Media and Popular Culture Bronwyn T. Williams 10. New Meaning-Making Practices: A Charter for Literacy Education