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Multimodal Composition and the Common Core State Standards
Author(s) -
Dalton Bridget
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
the reading teacher
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.642
H-Index - 50
eISSN - 1936-2714
pISSN - 0034-0561
DOI - 10.1002/trtr.01129
Subject(s) - reading (process) , composition (language) , conversation , literacy , mathematics education , multimodality , pedagogy , psychology , digital literacy , computer science , multimedia , world wide web , linguistics , communication , philosophy
Abstract The Common Core State Standards call for an expanded view of literacy instruction, one where children learn to critically consume and produce text using technology and media. This article describes how a Digital Writers' Workshop can be a vehicle for integrating multimodal composition into the classroom. It offers general workshop principles and strategies, followed by a multimodal poem project illustrating how to scaffold students' design processes. It invites teachers to contribute to the conversation about literacy and technology integration at The Reading Teacher‘s Facebook page at www.facebook.com/pages/The-Reading-Teacher#!/pages/The-Reading-Teacher/297544810290021 .