Anne Burke is associate professor of Literacy Education and Early Learning at Memorial University. She researches and writes about the role of popular culture, digital literacies, and the growth of social media in children’s lives. Anne is recognized as a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council researcher. As a classroom-based researcher, she maintains strong school-community partnerships. The author of Ready to Learn, Anne has also written books and journal articles on children’s play lives, and the gap between students’ out-of-school, and in-school digital practices.