Virtual Literacies : Interactive Spaces for Children and Young People.

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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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Merchant, Guy
Other Authors: Gillen, Julia, Marsh, Jackie, Davies, Julia
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2012.
Series:Routledge research in education.
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505 0 |a 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. 
505 0 |a 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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