Digital Literacy in a Grade 8 Classroom: An E-zine WebQuest

The WebQuest (www.webquest.org) was the context for a study which explored the ways in which digital literacy mediated young adolescents’ literacy learning. Data were collected through participant and nonparticipant observations, informal interviews and analysis of documents such as a blog, journal...

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Main Authors: Mary Clare Courtland, Dave Paddington
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Language and Literacy Researchers of Canada 2011-01-01
Series:Language and Literacy: A Canadian Educational e-journal
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Online Access:https://journals.library.ualberta.ca/langandlit/index.php/langandlit/article/view/9773
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Summary:The WebQuest (www.webquest.org) was the context for a study which explored the ways in which digital literacy mediated young adolescents’ literacy learning. Data were collected through participant and nonparticipant observations, informal interviews and analysis of documents such as a blog, journal entries and Canteen, the teen e-zine created by the grade 8 students. The findings in this study contribute to literacy researchers’ understanding of the implementation of multiliteracies pedagogy in classrooms and research into young adolescents’ engagement with and response to digital texts.
ISSN:1496-0974