Introduction: contentious technologies / Victoria Carrington and Muriel Robinson -- Pt. A. Digital texts in and out of school -- Young people's video productions as new sites of learning / Rebekah Willett -- A space for play: crossing boundaries and learning online / Julia Davies -- Masters and critics: children as producers of online digital texts / Clare Dowdall -- Pt. B. Changing literacies -- From Wikipedia to the humble classroom Wiki: why we should pay attention to Wikis / Victoria Carrington -- Negotiating the blogosphere: educational possibilities / Julia Davies and Guy Merchant -- Virtual worlds in real-life classrooms / Guy Merchant -- Pt. C. Changing literacies, changing pedagogies -- Personal digital literacies versus classroom literacies: investigating pre-service teachers' digital lives in and beyond the classroom / Cathy Burnett -- Digital portraits: teacher education and multiliteracies pedagogy / Rosie Kerin -- Composing with old and new media: toward a parallel pedagogy / Kevin Leander -- Pt. D. Interconnectivity -- Conclusion: leaving Hong Kong / Muriel Robinson and Victoria Carrington
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Digital technologies are an everyday part of life for students and this text explores the ways in which they can be used in schools. The authors provide an insight into the research on digital technologies, stressing its relevance for schools, and suggest ways to develop new, more relevant pedagogies