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Record Nr.

UNINA9910816767903321

Titolo

Multimodal composing in classrooms : learning and teaching for the digital world / / edited by Suzanne M. Miller and Mary B. McVee

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2012

ISBN

1-136-63779-6

1-136-63780-X

0-203-80403-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (172 p.)

Classificazione

5,3

DP 1960

DP 2600

Altri autori (Persone)

McVeeMary B

MillerSuzanne M. <1949->

Disciplina

808.042

808.0420285

808/.0420285

Soggetti

English language - Composition and exercises - Computer-assisted instruction

Creative writing - Computer-assisted instruction

Language arts - Computer-assisted instruction

Educational technology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Multimodal Composing in Classrooms; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; 1. Multimodal Composing: The Essential 21st Century Literacy: Suzanne M. Miller and Mary B. McVee; 2. The (Artful) Deception of Technology Integration and the Move Toward a New Literacies Mindset: Mary B. McVee, Nancy M. Bailey, and Lynn E. Shanahan; 3. Learning Video Grammar: A Multimodal Approach to Reading and Writing Video Texts: David L. Bruce; 4. The Importance of a New Literacies Stance in Teaching English Language Arts: Nancy M. Bailey

5. "Being great for something": Composing Music Videos in a High School English Class: James Cercone6. Engaging Literature Through Digital Video Composing: A Teacher's Journey to "Meaning that



Matters": Monica Blondell and Suzanne M. Miller; 7. Lessons in Multimodal Composition from a Fifth-Grade Classroom: Lynn E. Shanahan; 8. A Literacy Pedagogy for Multimodal Composing: Transforming Learning and Teaching: Suzanne M. Miller, Mary K. Thompson, Ann Marie Lauricella, and Fenice B. Boyd, with Mary B. McVee

9. Changing the Game: Teaching for Embodied Learning through Multimodal Composing: Suzanne M. Miller and Mary B. McVeeAbout the Contributors; Contributing Editors; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Taking a close look at multimodal composing as an essential new literacy in schools, this volume draws from contextualized case studies across educational contexts to provide detailed portraits of teachers and students at work in classrooms. Authors elaborate key issues in transforming classrooms with student multimodal composing, including changes in teachers, teaching, and learning. Six action principles for teaching for embodied learning through multimodal composing are presented and explained.The rich illustrations of practice encourage both discussion of practical challenges and