Constructing the self in a digital world /
"It has become popular in recent years to talk about 'identity' as an aspect of engagement with technology -- in virtual environments, in games, in social media and in our increasingly digital world. But what do we mean by identity and how do our theories and assumptions about identit...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2012.
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| Series: | Learning in doing.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction : Connecting conversations about technology, learning, and identity / Cynthia Carter Ching, Brian J. Foley
- Introduction part I. Developmental perspectives / Cynthia Carter Ching
- This is me" : digital photo journals, young children's technologies of the self / Cynthia Carter Ching, X. Christine Wang
- Digital storytelling and authoring identity / Alan Davis, Daniel Weinshenker
- Building identities as experts : youth learning in an urban after-school space / Carol Cuthbertson Thompson, Lisa Bouillion Diaz
- Positive technological development : the multifaceted nature of youth technology use toward improving self and society / Marina Bers, Alicia Doyle-Lynch, Clement Chau
- Introduction part II. Identities unleashed / Brian J. Foley
- You can make friends easier on a boy face" : identity play, learning in a multiuser virtual environment / Brian J. Foley [and others]
- Deleting the male gaze? : tech-savvy girls and new femininities in secondary school classrooms / Claire Charles
- Affiliation in the enactment of fan identity : a comparison of virtual and face-to-face settings / Caroline Pelletier, Natasha Whiteman
- Navigating life as an avatar : the shifting identities-in-practice of a girl player in a tween virtual world / Deborah A. Fields, Yasmin B. Kafai.