Saturday, March 18, 2017
A new book in our "New Literacies and Digital Epistemologies" series!
Congratulations to Belinha de Abreu (with Vitor Tome) on the publication of her book, Mobile Learning Through Digital Literacy! This volume insightfully tackles head-on what has become tricky terrain in many schools and classrooms around the world: what to do with the mobile communication and information systems that students bring with them to school.
From the back cover:
Mobile Learning through Digital Media Literacy proposes media literacy education as a conceptual framework for bridging mobile technologies in teaching and learning. As cell phones have become more advanced and applications more innovative and fitting, candid conversations are taking place as to how technology can be a purposeful tool in the classroom. Mobile technology already attracts students and encourages text-language development; yet its accessibility affords the potential for more extended use, offering enhancement and flexibility for instructional development. In light of a shared vision of collaboration and growth developing globally within educational circles, this book examines mobile learning as a formal literacy, as a productivity environment for creative growth in and out of the classroom, and as an advancement to social learning through online networks. The book surveys media literacy education—both within the classroom and its extended implications—for concerns of civic participation and data privacy, as more educators and policymakers internationally consider the possibilities of connected classrooms and m-learning on a universal scale.This is a must-read for all of us in literacy and media education!
