Beschreibung:
Facebook, blogs, texts, computer games, instant messages... The ways in which we make meanings and engage with each other are changing. Are you a student teacher trying to get to grips with these new digital technologies? Would you like to find ways to make use of them in your classroom?
Introduction: Contentious Technologies - Victoria Carrington and Muriel RobinsonPART A - DIGITAL TEXTS IN AND OUT OF SCHOOLYoung people¿s video productions as new sites of learning - Rebekah WilletA space for play: crossing boundaries and learning online - Julia DaviesMasters and critics: children as producers of online digital texts - Clare DowdallPART B - CHANGING LITERACIES From Wikipedia to the humble classroom Wiki: why we should pay attention to Wikis - Victoria CarringtonNegotiating the blogosphere: educational possibilities - Julia Davies and Guy MerchantVirtual worlds in real life classrooms - Guy MerchantPART C - CHANGING LITERACIES, CHANGING PEDAGOGIESPersonal digital literacies versus classroom literacies: investigating pre-service teachers¿ digital lives in and beyond the classroom - Cathy BurnettDigital portraits: teacher education and multiliteracies pedagogy - Rosie KerinComposing with Old and New Media: Toward a Parallel Pedagogy - Kevin LeanderPART D - INTERCONNECTIVITYConclusion: leaving Hong Kong - Muriel Robinson and Victoria Carrington