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Mills, Kathy A.; Scholes, Laura; Brown, Alinta – Written Communication, 2022
Immersive virtual reality (VR) technology is becoming widespread in education, yet research of VR technologies for students' multimodal communication is an emerging area of research in writing and literacies scholarship. Likewise, the significance of new ways of embodied meaning making in VR environments is undertheorized--a gap that requires…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Technology Uses in Education, Elementary School Students, Computer Mediated Communication
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Mills, Kathy A.; Stone, Bessie G.; Unsworth, Len; Friend, Lesley – Written Communication, 2020
Communication using popular digital media involves understanding multimodal systems of appraisal for expressing attitude, which traditionally deals with emotions, ethics, and aesthetics in language. The formulation and teaching of multimodal grammars for attitudinal meanings in popular texts and culture is currently underresearched. This article…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Writing (Composition), Computer Mediated Communication, Expressive Language
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Mills, Kathy A.; Exley, Beryl – Written Communication, 2014
Theorists of multiliteracies, social semiotics, and the New Literacy Studies have drawn attention to the potential changing nature of writing and literacy in the context of networked communications. This article reports findings from a design-based research project in Year 4 classrooms (students aged 8.5-10 years) in a low socioeconomic status…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Multiple Literacies, Writing (Composition), Writing Instruction