Antero Garcia is an Assistant Professor in the Graduate School of Education at Stanford University. Prior to completing his Ph.D., Antero was an English teacher at a public high school in South Central Los Angeles.Shelbie Witte, Ph.D. (2008), Kansas State University, is the Watson Endowed Chair and Professor of Adolescent Literacy and English Education at Oklahoma State University, where she directs the OSU Writing Project and the Initiative for 21st Century Literacies Research. She has published extensively on the intersections of pedagogy and technology.Jennifer S. Dail, Kennesaw State University, is a Professor of English Education and directs the Kennesaw Mountain Writing Project. She has published multiple articles and co-edited two books, including Young Adult Literature and the Digital World: Textual Engagement through Visual Literacy (Rowman & Littlefield, 2018).

• ForewordKen LindblomList of Figures and TablesNotes on ContributorsIntroduction: Taking Literacies of Play SeriouslyAntero Garcia, Jennifer S. Dail and Shelbie WittePART 1: Writing and Text-Based Models of PlayIntroduction to Part 1: Writing and Text-Based Models of PlayAntero Garcia, Shelbie Witte and Jennifer S. Dail1 Writing through Gaming: A Youth Writing Camp PerspectiveEmily Howell and Rachel Kaminski Sanders2 Time to Level Up: Learning through Play in a Writing ClassroomRachel Kaminski Sanders3 Gaming the System: Engaging Students in the Imaginative Worlds of Young Adult Literature through Role-Playing GamesLindy l. Johnson and Elizabeth Deboeser4 Imparting Empathy with Gaming Experiences: A Conversation with the Developers of Thorny GamesShelbie Witte and Jill Bindewald (with Oklahoma State University English Education Students)PART 2: Videogames and Critical Literacies in ELA ClassroomsIntroduction to Part 2: Videogames and Critical Literacies in ELA ClassroomsAntero Garcia, Shelbie Witte and Jennifer S. Dail5 A Critical Examination of Adolescence through Video GamesJon Ostenson6 Video Game Creation as an Instructional Strategy: A New Way to Apply the Tpack Framework in K-12 EducationKip Glazer7 Practical Advice for Teaching and Learning with Games: Foster Agency and Ownership with an Intentional Approach to GamesChad SansingIndex

Antero Garcia is an Assistant Professor in the Graduate School of Education at Stanford University. Prior to completing his Ph.D., Antero was an English teacher at a public high school in South Central Los Angeles.Shelbie Witte, Ph.D. (2008), Kansas State University, is the Watson Endowed Chair and Professor of Adolescent Literacy and English Education at Oklahoma State University, where she directs the OSU Writing Project and the Initiative for 21st Century Literacies Research. She has published extensively on the intersections of pedagogy and technology.Jennifer S. Dail, Kennesaw State University, is a Professor of English Education and directs the Kennesaw Mountain Writing Project. She has published multiple articles and co-edited two books, including Young Adult Literature and the Digital World: Textual Engagement through Visual Literacy (Rowman & Littlefield, 2018).

• ForewordKen LindblomList of Figures and TablesNotes on ContributorsIntroduction: Taking Literacies of Play SeriouslyAntero Garcia, Jennifer S. Dail and Shelbie WittePART 1: Writing and Text-Based Models of PlayIntroduction to Part 1: Writing and Text-Based Models of PlayAntero Garcia, Shelbie Witte and Jennifer S. Dail1 Writing through Gaming: A Youth Writing Camp PerspectiveEmily Howell and Rachel Kaminski Sanders2 Time to Level Up: Learning through Play in a Writing ClassroomRachel Kaminski Sanders3 Gaming the System: Engaging Students in the Imaginative Worlds of Young Adult Literature through Role-Playing GamesLindy l. Johnson and Elizabeth Deboeser4 Imparting Empathy with Gaming Experiences: A Conversation with the Developers of Thorny GamesShelbie Witte and Jill Bindewald (with Oklahoma State University English Education Students)PART 2: Videogames and Critical Literacies in ELA ClassroomsIntroduction to Part 2: Videogames and Critical Literacies in ELA ClassroomsAntero Garcia, Shelbie Witte and Jennifer S. Dail5 A Critical Examination of Adolescence through Video GamesJon Ostenson6 Video Game Creation as an Instructional Strategy: A New Way to Apply the Tpack Framework in K-12 EducationKip Glazer7 Practical Advice for Teaching and Learning with Games: Foster Agency and Ownership with an Intentional Approach to GamesChad SansingIndex