Includes bibliographical references and index.

Cultural learning -- TV talk and children's identities -- Social networking practices in homes and schools -- Extending children's experience of film -- Critical learning -- Rethinking literacy -- Analyzing advertizements in the classroom -- A learning journey -- Creative learning -- Helping children tell the stories in their heads -- Social media and primary school children -- Digital glue: creative media in the classroom.

Topics covered include: understanding children's relationships with media and how to build on these constructively; getting to grips with 'multimodality'; developing children's critical skills through watching and analysing moving image media; and more.