The Affordances of Technology in Building and Supporting Literacy

Session Summary

Mon, April 8, 4:10 to 5:40pm, Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel, Floor: Lower Concourse, Osgoode Ballroom

Session Type: Roundtable Session

Comparing the Evocation of Mental Imagery and Importance in Traditional Print and 3-D Multimedia Informational Texts: A Dual Coding Approach - Karen A Krasny, York University
Fostering Middle School Students' Multimodal Analysis of Text Through Video Game Play and Writing - Carolyn Stufft, Berry College; Sam Von Gillern, Texas A&M University - College Station
Literacy and LEGO: Developing Academic Vocabulary With LEGO Robotics - Melissa J. Bedford, University of Nevada - Reno; Hannah Carter, Boise State University
Misconception Analysis Borrowing From Literacy to Solve Math Word Problems With Technology - Johanna Christine Groene, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
Students Engaging in Text-Based Argumentation With Online Resources - Carita Kiili, University of Oslo; Ivar Braten, University of Oslo; Nina Kullberg, University of Jyväskylä; Paavo H.T. Leppänen, University of Jyväskylä