Digital Literacies by Victoria Carrington

Digital Literacies by Victoria Carrington

Digital technologies are an everyday part of life for students andthis book explores the ways in which they can be used in schools.

′Aimed squarely at new teachers or practitioners engaging in postgraduate research, [this book] is written with relevance and accessibility in mind, and has a practical focus throughout that will be welcomed by newcomers to the field′
- Learning, Media and Technology

′This immensely readable book injects a note of passion and urgency into the ongoing discourse on the place of digital literacies in the school curriculum′ - British Journal of Educational Technology

′[This] book has been skilfully editedDifferent chapters explore issues on developing digital literacy in depth but avoid overlap and quote totally different sources….this detailed, thought provoking, quality academic text will be of value to all teacher educators - no matter their subject expertise′ - ESCalate

′This is a remarkable book that traverses the landscape of digital literacies and maps out what children and youth are doing with texts in contemporary times. No stone is left unturned in the quest for an understanding of their multimodal, multimedia practices and the result is a highly informative and engaging book that alerts us to the significance of these activities for schooling. There are numerous examples throughout of how digital literacies can be developed in classrooms in exciting ways and the authors, all internationally renowned in the field, expertly align theory and practice in their analyses. This is a book that needs to be read by all those concerned to ensure that literacy curricula and pedagogy are appropriate for twenty-first century classrooms and it will be of interest to classroom teachers, students and researchers alike′ - Professor Jackie Marsh, University of Sheffield, UK

Muriel Robinson spent ten years teaching in Inner London primary schools before moving to the University of Brighton to work in initial and inservice teacher education. Her current teaching includes English and media studies, and she is researching the structure and cultural significance of house music as a language form. She is an avid consumer of narratives of all kinds.

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ISBN 13	9781847870384
ISBN 10	1847870384
Title	Digital Literacies
Author	Victoria Carrington
Series	Published In Association With The Ukla
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Sage Publications Ltd
Year published	2009-06-17
Number of pages	184
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.