Children's Learning in a Digital World
von: Teena Willoughby, Eileen Wood
Wiley-Blackwell, 2008
ISBN: 9780470695920
Sprache: Englisch
320 Seiten, Download: 5638 KB
Format: PDF, auch als Online-Lesen
geeignet für:
| Children’s Learning in a Digital World | 5 | ||
| Contents | 9 | ||
| Dedication and Acknowledgments | 7 | ||
| List of Figures and Tables | 11 | ||
| List of Contributors | 15 | ||
| Foreword: Seven Criteria for Investigating Children’s Learning in a Digital World | 19 | ||
| Part I Informal Learning with Technologies: Opportunities and Challenges | 27 | ||
| Introduction | 29 | ||
| 1 Media Literacy—Who Needs It? | 33 | ||
| 2 Good Videogames, the Human Mind, and Good Learning | 58 | ||
| 3 How and What Do Videogames Teach? | 82 | ||
| 4 Videogame Addiction: Fact or Fiction? | 103 | ||
| 5 Meeting the Needs of the Vulnerable Learner: The Role of the Teacher in Bridging the Gap Between Informal and Formal Learning Using Digital Technologies | 122 | ||
| Part II Formal Learning with Technologies: Opportunities and Challenges | 137 | ||
| Introduction | 139 | ||
| 6 Using Technology to Assist Children Learning to Read and Write | 147 | ||
| 7 Tools for Learning in an Information Society | 191 | ||
| 8 Virtual Playgrounds: Children’s Multi-User Virtual Environments for Playing and Learning With Science | 214 | ||
| 9 Can Students Re-Invent Fundamental Scientific Principles? Evaluating the Promise of New-Media Literacies | 236 | ||
| 10 Domain Knowledge and Learning From the Internet | 267 | ||
| 11 The Integration of Computer Technology in the Classroom | 290 | ||
| Summary and Looking Ahead | 317 | ||
| Children’s Learning in a Digital World | 317 | ||
| Index | 320 |