Digital Literacy in a Grade 8 Classroom: An E-zine WebQuest
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https://doi.org/10.20360/G2J01TKeywords:
webquests, digital literacy, adolescents, e-zine, mulitliteraciesAbstract
The WebQuest (www.webquest.org) was the context for a study which explored the ways in which digital literacy mediated young adolescents’ literacy learning. Data were collected through participant and nonparticipant observations, informal interviews and analysis of documents such as a blog, journal entries and Canteen, the teen e-zine created by the grade 8 students. The findings in this study contribute to literacy researchers’ understanding of theimplementation of multiliteracies pedagogy in classrooms and research into young adolescents’ engagement with and response to digital texts.
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2011-01-24
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Courtland, M. C., & Paddington, D. (2011). Digital Literacy in a Grade 8 Classroom: An E-zine WebQuest. Language and Literacy, 10(1). https://doi.org/10.20360/G2J01T
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