The Case of the iPad (eBook)

Mobile Literacies in Education

Cathy Burnett, Guy Merchant, Alyson Simpson, Maureen Walsh (Herausgeber)

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2017 | 1. Auflage
XIII, 277 Seiten
Springer-Verlag
978-981-10-4364-2 (ISBN)

Infos

This book brings together an international group of literacy studies scholars who have investigated mobile literacies in a variety of educational settings. Approaching mobility from diverse theoretical perspectives, the book makes a significant contribution to how mobile literacies, and tablets in particular, are being conceptualised in literacy research. The book focuses on tablets, and particularly the iPad, as a prime example of mobile literacies, setting this within the broader context of literacy and mobility.

The book provides inspiration and direction for future research in mobile literacies, based upon 16 chapters that investigate the relationship between tablets and literacy in diverse ways. Together they address the complex and multiple forces associated with the distribution of the technologies themselves and the texts they mediate, and consider how apps, adults and children work together as iPads enter the mesh of practices and material arrangements that constitute the institutional setting.

Cathy Burnett is Professor of Literacy and Education at Sheffield Institute of Education, Sheffield Hallam University, where she leads the Language and Literacy in Education Research Group. Her current research interests focus on the relationships between technology, literacy and education. Co-edited collections include New Literacies around the Globe: policy and pedagogy and Literacy, Media, Technology: past, present and future. She is also Vice President of the United Kingdom Literacy Association.

Guy Merchant is Professor of Literacy in Education at Sheffield Institute of Education, Sheffield Hallam University, and is a founding editor of Early Childhood Literacy. He specialises in research into digital literacy and the interrelations between children and young people, and new technologies of communication. He co-authored Web 2.0 for Schools with Julia Davies, and co-edited collections including Virtual Literacies, New Literacies across the Globe, and Literacy, Media, Technology: past, present, future. 

Alyson Simpson is an Associate Professor at the University of Sydney's Sydney School of Education and Social Work. Her research interests include the role of children's literature in education, dialogic learning and the impact of digital technology on reading practices and pedagogy. She has served as a consultant to numerous state and national education bodies, and is the author of The use of children's literature in teaching: A study of politics and professionalism within teacher education.  

Maureen Walsh is an Adjunct Professor at the Faculty of Education and Arts, Australian Catholic University (ACU) and an Honorary Professor at the University of Sydney's Sydney School of  Education and Social Work. She has published in the areas of TESOL, children's literature, reading education and visual literacy. Her research has focused on the impact of digital communication on literacy education and she has developed a theoretical framework based on multimodal literacy in several publications.

Inhalt

Contents 5
Editors and Contributors 7
List of Figures 9
Introduction 10
1 The Case of the iPad 13
Moving Targets 15
Inside the Case 17
Smear 19
Are We Moving? 20
Are We Learning? 22
And 24
References 25
2 The Fluid Materiality of Tablets: Examining ‘the iPad Multiple’ in a Primary Classroom 27
Introduction 27
Researching Tablets 29
iPad as Schooled Device 32
iPad as Plaything 34
iPad as Community Artefact 35
iPad as One Among Many Objects 36
The Fluid Materiality of the ‘Tablet Multiple’ 36
Implications of the iPad Multiple 38
References 39
3 Russian Dolls and Three Forms of Capital: Ecological and Sociological Perspectives on Parents’ Engagement with Young Children’s Tablet Use 42
Introduction 42
Ecological and Sociological Perspectives 43
The Study 45
Parental Engagement in Young Children’s Use of Tablets 46
Microsystem 46
Mesosystem 51
Exosystem 52
Macrosystem 52
Chronosystem 53
Conclusion 55
Acknowledgements 56
References 56
4 Chasing Literacies Across Action Texts and Augmented Realities: E-Books, Animated Apps, and Pokémon Go 59
Three Models of Literacy Learning in iPad Play 60
Theoretical Framework for Examining Literacy Learning Models 62
Methods 63
Reading an E-Book, a Digital Literacy Illustration 64
Multiplayer Collaboration with an Animation App, a Participatory Literacy Illustration 66
Playing Pokémon Go, a Socio-Material Literacy Example 70
Literacy Models as Waves and Ripples 72
References 73
5 Multimodal Layering: Students Learning with iPads in Primary School Classrooms 77
Scenario 77
Introduction 78
Theoretical Perspective 79
Epistemological Metaphors 79
Methodology 82
Framework for Analysis 84
Exemplars with Descriptive Analysis 84
Exemplar 1: Reading Phase 85
Exemplar 2: Writing Phase 87
Exemplar 3: Talking and Listening Phase (Private) 87
Exemplar 4: Talking and Listening Phase (Public) 88
Exemplar 5: Critical Reflection 89
Coda 90
Summary 90
Discussion 91
Conclusion 93
References 93
6 The New Digital Divide: Digital Technology Policies and Provision in Canada and Australia 96
Introduction 96
The Rapid Shifts in the Technology Landscape of Schooling 97
Policy and Centralized/Decentralized Systems 98
Testing and Technology 99
‘Take Up’ of Mobile Devices 100
Bring Your Own Device 101
Domesticating the Device 102
Affordances of iPads 103
Mapping the Landscape of Provision 103
Digital Policies and Practices in School and at Home 106
Risk Management 108
Surveillance and Control 108
Technological Shifts in Complex Entangled Environments: Implications for Practice 109
Acknowledgements 111
References 111
7 Slate-Enabled Literacy Practices in a Futureschool@Singapore Classroom 114
Mobile and Twenty-First Century Literacies 114
Researching the Mobile Literacies ‘Ecosystem’ 116
National Level 117
School Level 117
A Classroom Micro-ethnographic Approach 119
Literacy Event 1: Pre-writing 120
Activity System 1.1––Developing a Coherent Content 120
Activity System 1.2—Sharing Digital Writing Plan 123
Literacy Event 2: Teacher/Peer Assessment 125
Activity System 2.1––Peer Assessment 125
Literacy Practices and Outcomes 129
Conclusion 130
References 131
8 Apps and Autodidacts: Wayfaring and Emplaced Thinking on iPads 134
Introduction 134
Applying Ingold’s Ontology 135
Tutoring by Design: An iPad-Driven Tutoring Research Study 136
Context 136
Data Analyses 137
Unpacking Autodidacticism and Its Wayfaring Properties 138
Focal Case Study: The Case of Cole and His Tablet 140
Journeying Through Cole’s Castle of Mind 140
Cole’s Wayfaring Ways 141
Clashes Between Linear Schooling Models and Rhizomatic Wayfaring Models 144
From Autodidacticism to Design Work 144
Apps as Autodidacts 147
Following Wayfarers 148
References 149
9 Game 2 Engage: Using iPads to Mediate and Develop Social Relationships in College Learning 152
Introduction 153
The Project Participants 154
Fancy Spaces for Learning 155
Making IT Personal (MITP) 156
Preparing the Digital Media Students and the Launch Event 156
Technology: Combining the Mundane and the Exotic 158
Learning Support Staff and Tandem Learning 160
Negotiating Identities 161
Learning at the Mall 162
Conclusions 163
Afterword 166
References 166
10 The Affordances of Touchscreen Tablets and Digital Cameras as Tools for Young Children’s Multimodal, Multilingual Composing 168
Theoretical Frame 169
Study 1: The Prekindergarten eBook Project 171
Research Context 171
Digital Tools and eBook Composing Routines 171
The Affordances of Digital Tools 173
Study 2: The Second Grade eBook Project 177
Research Context 178
Digital Tools and eBook Composing Routines 178
The Affordances of Digital Tools 179
Discussion 183
References 185
11 Personalized Story-Making on the iPad: Opportunities for Developing the Self and Building Closeness with Others 188
Introduction 188
Multimedia Personalized Stories 189
Sociocultural Theories of the Self 189
Closeness Through Collaborative Story-Making 190
Methodology 191
Method 192
Observation 192
Analysis 192
Findings 194
Personalization Empowers the Child to Have an Emotive Effect on the Immediate Audience 194
Personalization Enables the Child to Reflect on Self-Competencies 195
Personalization Offers a Chance for the Child to Celebrate Important Relationships 196
Personalization Can Connect Different Parts of a Child’s Life 197
Discussion 198
References 201
12 Children’s Engagement with iPads in Early Years Classrooms: Exploring Peer Cultures and Transforming Practices 203
Introduction: Touchscreen Devices and Schooled Literacies 203
Apps, Literacy Goals and Expanding Communicative Repertoires 204
The Study, Data Collection, Selection and Analysis 206
Episode 1: Letter Formation—Lucy Traces Letters 207
Episode 2: Paul Explores a Phonics App 208
Episode 3: Blaise and Harry Steering the Robot 209
Episode 4: Amalia, Abida and Sarah Play Lego Friends © 211
Discussion: Apps in the Classroom and Print Literacy Goals 213
Apps, Operational Skills Associated with Touchscreen Devices, and Expanding Repertoires for Meaning Making 214
Shared Cultural Resources, Emerging Peer Cultures and the Significance of the Material Environment 215
References 217
13 Collaborative and Dialogic Meaning-Making: How Children Engage and Immerse in the Storyworld of a Mobile Game 219
Introduction 219
Playing or Reading 220
Immersion in the Storyworld 222
Engagement with the Strategic Play of the Game 225
Collaboration or Competition 227
Conclusion 229
Acknowledgements 231
References 231
14 Relational Methodologies for Mobile Literacies: Intra-action, Rhythm, and Atmosphere 234
Introduction 234
Moving Methodologies Forward 236
Moving Methodology from Interaction to Intra-action: The Case of the iPad in Education 237
Project Background 238
Rhythms and Atmospheres of New Media Making with iPads 240
Rhythm 240
Atmosphere 245
Relational Methodologies for Mobile Literacies: Moving Forward with the Past 248
References 249
15 Hands, Fingers and iPads 252
Introduction 252
Handy Devices 253
New Tablets in Young Hands 255
A Different Story 258
Lessons in Handiness 259
Reflections on Touchscreens 260
References 261
16 Mobile Literacies: Moving from the Word to the World 264
Place in Space: How Mobile Are My Literacies? 266
Where to Next and What Counts? 270
References 271
Index 273

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 6.7.2017
• Zusatzinfo: XIII, 271 p. 21 illus.
• Verlagsort: Singapore
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Unterrichtsvorbereitung ► Unterrichts-Handreichungen
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Sprachwissenschaft
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Bildungstheorie
• Schlagworte: Education and iPads • Learning and Instruction • literacy studies • Materiality in Education • Meaning-making in edcuation • Mobile Education • Mobile Literacies • Technology in education • technology Literacies
• ISBN-10: 981-10-4364-7 / 9811043647
• ISBN-13: 978-981-10-4364-2 / 9789811043642