Transmedia Superheroes, Multimodal Composition, and Digital Literacy

With Great Power Comes Great Pedagogy ◽

10.14325/mississippi/9781496826046.003.0008 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 117-134

Author(s):

Ben Bolling

Keyword(s):

Digital Literacy ◽

Textual Analysis ◽

Brand Management ◽

Film Music ◽

Multimodal Communication ◽

First Century ◽

Professional Communication ◽

Multimodal Composition ◽

Television Film ◽

Twenty First Century

This article describes an approach to “Networked and Multimodal Communication: The Transmedia Batman,” a class in which students engage the Batman mythos in print, radio, television, film, music, and other media. Coupled with textual analysis of Batman narratives, students simultaneously learn to compose in the forms they study. While analyzing the expressive potential of various media, students may build proficiency in multimedia composition using applications like the Adobe Creative Cloud suite, and in the process develop critical twenty-first century skills from brand management to professional communication.

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Digitalization and the Writing Classroom: A Reflection on Clasroom Practices

Journal of Academic Writing ◽

10.18552/joaw.v10i1.593 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 10 (1) ◽

pp. 146-153

Author(s):

Crystal Bickford

Keyword(s):

New Media ◽

Media Studies ◽

Digital Literacy ◽

Literacy Skills ◽

Writing Classroom ◽

Multimodal Composition ◽

Educational Benefits ◽

Digital Stories ◽

New Media Studies

This paper outlines the educational benefits of creating digital stories for a variety of academic purposes as well as the professional need for students to develop and showcase digital proficiency. Digital stories fall under the category of multimodal composition and new media studies, and they encourage students to expand their digital literacy skills while reconceptualizing ways in which traditional writing projects can appeal to a broader audience. The article also addresses some of the classroom challenges teachers may face when trying to implement the practice and some practical resources that might assist teachers to integrate digital stories into their classrooms.

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Analisis Materi Pokok Matematika Kelas III MI/SD

el-Ibtidaiy:Journal of Primary Education ◽

10.24014/ejpe.v3i1.9531 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 3 (1) ◽

pp. 1

Author(s):

Shindy Lestari

Keyword(s):

Elementary School ◽

Character Education ◽

Subject Matter ◽

Financial Literacy ◽

Digital Literacy ◽

Industrial Revolution ◽

School Mathematics ◽

Field Of Study ◽

Elementary School Mathematics ◽

Important Field

Analysis of mathematics subject matter in elementary school is a very important field of study taught at every level of education. The 2013 curriculum separates the field of mathematics studies from themes so that this field of study is a subject that stands alone. Through mathematics subject matter taught in elementary school can train students to think critically, rationally, logically, innovatively so that they have competitiveness. As for the problems discussed from the subject matter in elementary school mathematics which is seen from the suitability of the teacher's book and the student's book, in this case it discusses: 1) the scope of mathematics material grade 3rd elementary school, 2) the characteristics of mathematics subject matter in elementary school, 3) the relevance in elementary school mathematics subject matter to the scientific structure, namely student character, HOTS, 4C skills, literacy numeracy, digital literacy, financial literacy and character education, 4) learning innovation based on integration-interconnection in accordance with the science of development and technology and the needs of the community in the Industrial Revolution Era 4.0.

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