‘Tech FTW!!!’ Ninth Graders, Romeo and Juliet, and Digital Technologies

Authors

  • Roberta Hammett The University of Western Ontario

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.20360/G2759S

Abstract

This article describes an action research study in which ninth graders composed digital responses to their study of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet.  Their collaborative digital projects included e-zines, presentations, digital videos and photostories.  Although meeting face to face in and outside of class, the students also used Ning (a social networking site) to share their products and to communicate about them throughout the unit.  The paper will focus on what their communications reveal about the students’ participation and understanding during the composing process, including thinking, representing, actively engaged, creating, knowing, and social - summed up in the acronym TRACKS.

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Published

2013-06-19

How to Cite

Hammett, R. (2013). ‘Tech FTW!!!’ Ninth Graders, Romeo and Juliet, and Digital Technologies. Language and Literacy, 15(1), 6–22. https://doi.org/10.20360/G2759S

Issue

Vol. 15 No. 1 (2013): Special Issue: New Literacies in Canadian Classrooms; Editors: Maureen Kendrick, Jennifer Rowsell, Diane Collier

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