ABSTRACT
The methods and strategies behind Sara's assignment-writing tactics rely on networks which break down distinctions between her immediate classroom context and other spaces. By using the Internet to access government reports, she conflates what is inside and outside the a priori reality of 'the classroom'. Sara is about to embark on her assignment, and her digital literacy practices include work carried out across a range of platforms, devices, and time frames. Sara spends a great deal of time hunting for information in this way online, and in every case, there are links thrown up at her in the search results. Sara most definitely broke some of these rules in her interactions, as the policy states that 'social' and 'non-educational' chats are unacceptable activities alongside, in another part of the same document, "using the information and communications technology facilities for private, social or personal business purposes within work or study time".
