Title: Mobile literacies – bridging the gap between phone and book
Author: Marion Walton
Source: marionwalton.wordpress.com 

Date (published): 24/03/2010
Date (accessed): 07/04/2010
Type of information: blog post
Language: English
On-line access: yes (HTML)
Abstract:
The m-novel Kontax was written by Sam Wilson, translated into isiXhosa by Nkululeko Mabandla, and commissioned by the Shuttleworth Foundation’s m4lit (mobiles for literacy) project. The story’s success shows that teens have mastered a whole range of mobile literacies and the m4Lit research shows how wide-ranging these new skills are. Still, teens need better support if they are to make the most of the opportunities of ‘Web2.0’, and benefit from the new phase of social media where people do not only browse the web, but contribute to knowledge and share creative ideas with the world.