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Id : 805

Author :
Kesler T., Gibson L., Jr., Turansky C.

Title


Bringing the book to life: Responding to historical fiction using digital storytelling

Reference :


Kesler T., Gibson L., Jr., Turansky C.; Bringing the book to life: Responding to historical fiction using digital storytelling ;Journal of Literacy Research vol:48.0 issue: 1 page:39

Link to article https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84986295231&doi=10.1177%2f1086296X16654649&partnerID=40&md5=a72a6c23c90439d6aba17f134ebc0958
Abstract Using participatory action research, the first researcher functioned as co-teacher in a fifth-grade class in a large northeastern city public school. The researcher and classroom teacher guided 28 students working in book clubs to compose digital stories in response to historical fiction. The research questions were: (a) What interpretations did students have of their historical fiction novels through the mediational tools of digital storytelling? (b) How did the dynamics of the book club structure contribute to the students’ interpretive work? Data sources included students’ process and product work, video and audio recordings of work sessions, reflective notes and journal, a semi-structured interview with the teacher, and stimulated recall interviews with three case study book clubs. Both researchers used multimodal analysis, particularly the concept transmediation, concepts of interpretation in reader response, and grounded theory, informed by activity theory, to analyze data. Findings show students’ expression of and limits to interpretation in the multimodal ensembles of their digital stories. The purposeful use of digital technology generated ongoing problem solving. Activity systems expanded students’ learning by generating collaborative zones of proximal development, a dialectic among mediational tools, and opportunities to take on roles that shaped students’ identities and repositioned who they could be in this learning community. The study shows the value of project-based multimodal responses using digital technologies in collaborative groups to develop students’ comprehension of literary texts. The study suggests an alternative to writing-to-learn practices that dominate the implementation of the Common Core State Standards, and that high-stakes tests reify. © The Author(s) 2016.



Results:


                    Category                    

             Certainity            
Heritage 0.0000
Archives 0.0000
Libraries 0.0018
Book and Press 0.9958
Visual Arts 0.0000
Performing Arts 0.0005
Audiovisual and Multimedia 0.0011
Architecture 0.0001
Adverstizing 0.0007
Art crafts 0.0000
General cultural dimension 0.0001
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