"It Makes Me Feel Like a Real Author": Creating Multimodal, Digital Texts in an Elementary Writer's Workshop.

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Title:	"It Makes Me Feel Like a Real Author": Creating Multimodal, Digital Texts in an Elementary Writer's Workshop.
Authors:	MOYLAN, MICHAEL¹
Source:	Language & Literacy: A Canadian Educational E-Journal. 2025, Vol. 27 Issue 1, p111-136. 26p.
Subject Terms:	Writers' workshops, Observation (Educational method), Focus groups, Fifth grade (Education), Digital technology
Abstract:	This study explored multimodal literacies as it pertained to the use of digital technologies to create multimodal, digital texts within the scope of writer's workshop in a fifth-grade classroom. The research was conducted from the viewpoint of sociocultural theory, multiliteracies, and New Literacies as writing is a social practice and communication is multimodal. Analysis of six classroom observations, student interviews, a student focus group, and a teacher interview indicate using multimodal literacies: (a) fosters high levels of engagement, (b) enhances meaning-making, (c) fosters opportunities for collaboration, (d) provides opportunities for publishing of professional-looking books for an authentic audience, and (e) fosters writing skills and writer identity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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Database:	Education Research Complete

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