Multimodal Composition Through Social Media Platforms: Alternative Authoring Paths for Meaning Making

• In Event: Poster Session 19
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Abstract

I examine students in a high school English classroom using three platforms (Weebly, Weebly Blogs, and Instagram) to create a digital writing portfolio. I conducted an analysis of how the students in this class designed their portfolios through an examination of each students’ Weebly homepage. Findings show the students designed complex multimodal compositions that would have otherwise not been possible with the more formal, rigid forms of writing typical to this classroom. Implications for this study include embracing alternative authoring paths in classrooms beyond traditional forms of text-based writing to allow for students’ interests to be included through their designs.

Author

• Olivia Grace Stewart, Arizona State University - Tempe