The Case of the iPad: Mobile Literacies in Education

Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
The Case of the iPad....Pages 1-14
The Fluid Materiality of Tablets: Examining ‘the iPad Multiple’ in a Primary Classroom....Pages 15-29
Russian Dolls and Three Forms of Capital: Ecological and Sociological Perspectives on Parents’ Engagement with Young Children’s Tablet Use....Pages 31-47
Chasing Literacies Across Action Texts and Augmented Realities: E-Books, Animated Apps, and Pokémon Go....Pages 49-66
Multimodal Layering: Students Learning with iPads in Primary School Classrooms....Pages 67-85
The New Digital Divide: Digital Technology Policies and Provision in Canada and Australia....Pages 87-104
Slate-Enabled Literacy Practices in a Futureschool@Singapore Classroom....Pages 105-124
Apps and Autodidacts: Wayfaring and Emplaced Thinking on iPads....Pages 125-142
Game 2 Engage: Using iPads to Mediate and Develop Social Relationships in College Learning....Pages 143-158
The Affordances of Touchscreen Tablets and Digital Cameras as Tools for Young Children’s Multimodal, Multilingual Composing....Pages 159-178
Personalized Story-Making on the iPad: Opportunities for Developing the Self and Building Closeness with Others....Pages 179-193
Children’s Engagement with iPads in Early Years Classrooms: Exploring Peer Cultures and Transforming Practices....Pages 195-210
Collaborative and Dialogic Meaning-Making: How Children Engage and Immerse in the Storyworld of a Mobile Game....Pages 211-225
Relational Methodologies for Mobile Literacies: Intra-action, Rhythm, and Atmosphere....Pages 227-244
Hands, Fingers and iPads....Pages 245-256
Mobile Literacies: Moving from the Word to the World....Pages 257-265
Back Matter....Pages 267-271