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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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Ryan, Mary; Khosronejad, Maryam; Barton, Georgina; Kervin, Lisa; Myhill, Debra – Written Communication, 2021
Writing requires a high level of nuanced decision-making related to language, purpose, audience, and medium. Writing teachers thus need a deep understanding of language, process, and pedagogy, and of the interface between them. This article draws on reflexivity theory to interrogate the pedagogical priorities and perspectives of 19 writing…
Descriptors: Writing Instruction, Reflective Teaching, Writing Teachers, Elementary School Teachers
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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