Early Authoring as Multimodal Practice Study Group

Session Submission Type: Study Group

Abstract

In this study group, we explore the expansion of what counts as “literacy” by considering young children’s multimodal authoring. Visiting scholars will facilitate our sessions around three theories/research approaches:
Day 1: Multimodal Literacies as a Posthuman Project by Jaye Johnson Thiel and Candace Kuby
Day 2: Analysis of Young Children’s Multimodal Composing with Digital Tools by Deborah Wells
Rowe and Mary Ellen Miller
Day 3: The Cultural Tools of Multimodal Authoring by George Kamberelis

Content Area

• Area 12: Study Groups

Presenters

• Jaye Johnson Thiel, University of Tennessee--Knoxville

• Candace Kuby, University of Missouri

• Deborah Rowe, Vanderbilt University

• Mary Ellen Miller, Vanderbilt University

• George Kamberelis, Colorado State University