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Merchant, Guy – Literacy, 2007
Meaning making in new media presents new opportunities and challenges for those working in formal and informal educational contexts. How this impacts on a literacy curriculum that attempts both to deliver "the basics" and to respond to new technology demands careful exploration. This paper examines what we mean by digital literacy and how it…
Descriptors: Research and Development, Information Literacy, Computer Literacy, Computer Mediated Communication
Burnett, Cathy; Dickinson, Paul; Myers, Julia; Merchant, Guy – Cambridge Journal of Education, 2006
Much has been written about the transformative influence of new technology on the school curriculum, but only a small number of studies have focused on the practical implications for primary literacy. The dominant paradigm seems less concerned with transformation, instead favouring a view of "technology as enrichment". This case study…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Role, Technology Uses in Education, Partnerships in Education
Merchant, Guy – Educational Research, 2010
Background: Although much has been written about the ways in which new technology might transform educational practice, particularly in the area of literacy learning, there is relatively little empirical work that explores the possibilities and problems--or even what such a transformation might look like in the classroom. 3D virtual worlds offer a…
Descriptors: Social Control, Educational Practices, Educational Change, Literacy