This systematic literature review was undertaken primarily to examine the role that print and
digitally mediums play in text comprehension. Overall, results suggest that medium plays an …

What does the future hold for digital technology and education? What can be learnt from the
history of technology use in education? Does digital technology make education more …

Even though the use of social media in education is a now widely-studied topic, there still
does not seem to be a consensus for what social media may afford students or how best to …

This book presents a wide-ranging and critical exploration of a topic that lies at the heart of
contemporary education. The use of digital technology is now a key feature of schools and …

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studies (see also Hull and Schultz 2001, Knobel 1999, Lankshear 1997, Street 1984, 1995) …

Bridget Somekh draws on her experience of researching the introduction of ICT into
education to look at ICT development over the last twenty years. The book provides a …

This paper focuses on 25 UK teenagers' language and literacy practices on Facebook; it
draws on data from interviews as well as from Facebook 'walls'. To explore whether …

This article argues that 'new literacies' is a useful construct for recognizing and
understanding the extent to which changes in the current conjuncture are extending social …

“Reading” competence is at risk, or so reports (in the United States at least) from the
National Endowment from the Humanities (NEA, 2004), popular press, and news reports …

In this article, semiotic analysis of children's practices and designs with video game
conventions considers how children use play and drawing as spatializing literacies that …