Read ing Reflections
“When we begin to reorient to multiple modes, however, we necessarily embrace not just multiple modes, but also multiplicity in other aspects of literacy as we consider the possibilities for integration across multiple texts, activities (including those involving both interpretation and creation), environments (i.e., Internet, face-to-face, digital, paper, hybrid), and social and cultural contexts, since multiple modes exist across these different facets of literacy.”
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“embracing multimodal literacy—and thus multiplicity in literacy—can support the development of more equitable, engaging, and relevant instruction.” (Forzani & Ly, 2022)
The YouTube Kids app allows children to be agentic viewers who make choices about what they view, explore, and learn about” (Buchholz, 2020)
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“Young children have an innate sense of curiosity about the world”( Buchholz, 2020)
Benefits of digital learning tools include the fact that they address individual differences between students, allow choice, provide repeated practice, help adults to follow learners’ progress, and teach users about their mistake. (Patchan & Puranik, 2016). is sensitivity to the sound structure of a word and the ability to identify and manipulate parts of the word (Pufpaff, 2009). It relates to a spectrum of skills, from awareness of the syllable unit to subsyllables (consonant- vowel [CV] combinations) and phonemes
Forzani, E. E., & Ly, C. N. (2022). Beyond Multimodality to Multiplicity: Developing More Equitable and Relevant Literacy Learning Spaces for Young Children. The Reading Teacher, 75(5), 611–620
Buchholz, B. A. (2020). “ On My Screen, I Can Learn”: YouTube Kids in the Primary Classroom
While the title of this one focuses on writing, I think we can look more at the reading aspect. Laslocky, M. (2020, September 3). How Fan Fiction Can Transform Student Writing (and Reduce Your Grading). Edutopia. https://www.edutopia.org/article/how-fan-fiction-can-transform-student-writing-and-red uce-your-grading
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Using a Digital Spelling Game for Promoting Alphabetic Knowledge of Preschoolers: Th e Contribution of Auditory and Visual Supports.
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