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Bridging Literacies with Videogames

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  • © 2014

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Editors:
  1. Hannah R. Gerber

    1. Sam Houston State University, Texas, USA

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  2. Sandra Schamroth Abrams

    1. St. John’s University, New York, USA

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  • This book offers another way to examine literacy and language learning, highlighting multiple approaches to bridge the field of literacy studies with game studies, providing empirical support and rationales for literacy and language teaching with videogames in diverse contexts.

Part of the book series: Gaming Ecologies and Pedagogies Series (GEAPS)

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxiv
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    1. Bridging Literacies

      • Sandra Schamroth Abrams, Hannah R. Gerber
      Pages 1-7

  3. (Re)Creating Worlds and Texts

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 9-9
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    2. Exploring Imaginary Maps

      • Trent Hergenrader
      Pages 11-27

    3. Students’ Transmedia Storytelling

      • Ryan M. Rish
      Pages 29-52

    4. Reader, Writer, Gamer

      • Jen Scott Curwood
      Pages 53-66

    5. Teaching with Club Penguin

      • Anne Burke
      Pages 67-88

  4. Massive Multiplayer Second Language Learning

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 89-89
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    2. Massively Multiplayer Online Gaming and English Language Learning

      • Jason Yj Lee, Charlotte Pass
      Pages 91-101

    3. Language Games

      • Javier Corredor, Matthew Gaydos
      Pages 103-127

    4. The Transformative Power of Gaming Literacy

      • Zhuo Li, Chu-Chuan Chiu, Maria R. Coady
      Pages 129-152

  5. Videogames and Classroom Learning

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 153-153
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    2. Reviewing the Content of Videogame Lesson Plans Available to Teachers

      • Mary Rice
      Pages 155-170

    3. Collaborative Videogame and Curriculum Design for Language and Literacy Learning

      • Lan Ngo, Nora A. Peterman, Susan Goldstein
      Pages 171-186

    4. Writing in Virtual Worlds

      • Julie Warner
      Pages 187-207

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 209-210
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About this book

Bridging Literacies with Videogames provides an international perspective of literacy practices, gaming culture, and traditional schooling. Featuring studies from Australia, Colombia, South Korea, Canada, and the United States, this edited volume addresses learning in primary, secondary, and tertiary environments with topics related to: • re-creating worlds and texts • massive multiplayer second language learning • videogames and classroom learning These diverse topics will provide scholars, teachers, and curriculum developers with empirical support for bringing videogames into classroom spaces to foster meaning making. Bridging Literacies with Videogames is an essential text for undergraduates, graduates, and faculty interested in contemporizing learning with the medium of the videogame.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Sam Houston State University, Texas, USA

    Hannah R. Gerber

  • St. John’s University, New York, USA

    Sandra Schamroth Abrams

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