Various forms of social media (SM) appear to be very popular among young people
because they provide information and entertainment, including a wide range of web …

This article argues that digital games and school‐based literacy practices have much more
in common than is reported in the research literature. We describe the role digital game …

This article outlines a model for teaching both computer games and videogames in the
classroom for teachers. The model illustrates the connections between in-game actions and …

Contemporary views of literacy, and of English and Language Arts curriculum recognise the
importance of digital culture and communication forms in many young people's lives and the …

A growing body of educational research has indicated that we have reached the limits of
educational reform with current strategies (Dumont and Istance 2010; Allegre and Ferrer …

This article explores the literacy practices associated with Let's Play videos (or LPs) on
YouTube. A hybrid of digital gaming and video, LPs feature gameplay footage accompanied …

At the turn of the millennium, digital games researcher Marc Prensky sought to turn many of
the prevailing assumptions about young people on their head. Prensky argued that being …

This article is a collective response to the 2003 iteration of James Paul Gee's What Video
Games Have to Teach Us About Learning and Literacy. Gee's book, a foundational text for …

Purpose–This paper aims to identify what motivates young people to play video games, and
the extent to which video games are perceived as facilitating learning and information …

The primary purpose of this ethnographic research is to explore what literacy practices
unfold through and beyond gaming, how metagaming is conceptualized and how …