Multimodal literacies and emerging genres / edited by Tracey Bowen and Carl Whithaus.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bowen, Tracey, editor.

Whithaus, Carl, editor.

Series:

Pittsburgh series in composition, literacy, and culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English language--Rhetoric--Study and teaching--Computer-assisted instruction.

English language.

Creative writing--Computer-assisted instruction.

Creative writing.

English language--Computer-assisted instruction.

Educational technology.

English language--Rhetoric--Study and teaching.

Computer-assisted instruction.

Physical Description:

x, 356 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2013]

Summary:

A Student's Avatar Navigates a virtual world and communicates the desires, emotions, and fears of its creator. Yet how can her writing instructor interpret this form of meaningmaking? Multimodal Literacies and Emerging Genres examines the possibilities, challenges, and realities of multimodal composition as an effective means of communication. The chapters view the ways that writing instructors and their students are exploring the spaces where communication occurs, while also asking, what else is possible? The genres of film, audio, photography, graphics, speeches, storyboards, PowerPoint presentations, virtual environments, written works, and others are investigated to discern both their capabilities and limitations. The contributors highlight the responsibility of instructors to guide students in the consideration of their audience and ethical responsibility, while also maintaining the ability to "speak well." Additionally, they focus on the need for programmatic changes and a shift in institutional philosophy to close a possible "digital divide" and remain relevant in digital and global economies. Book jacket.

Contents:

Part I Multimodal Pedagogies That Inspire Hybrid Genres

Chapter 1 Genre and Transfer in a Multimodal Composition Class / Cheryl E. Ball Ball, Cheryl E., Tia Scoffield Bowen Bowen, Tia Scoffield, Tyrell Brent Fenn Fenn, Tyrell Brent 15

Chapter 2 Back to the Future? The Pedagogical Promise of the (Multimedia) Essay / Erik Ellis Ellis, Erik 37

Chapter 3 Including, but Not Limited to, the Digital: Composing Multimedia Texts / Jody Shipka Shipka, Jody 73

Chapter 4 Something Old, Something New: Integrating Presentation Software into the "Writing" Course / Susan M. Katz Katz, Susan M., Lee Odell Odell, Lee 90

Chapter 5 Thinking outside the Text Box: 3-D Interactive, Multimodal Literacy in a College Writing Class / Jerome Bump Bump, Jerome 111

Part II Multimodal Literacies and Pedagogical Choices

Chapter 6 Invention, Ethos, and New Media in the Rhetoric Classroom: The Storyboard as Exemplary Genre / Nathaniel I. Córdova Córdova, Nathaniel I. 143

Chapter 7 Multimodal Composing, Appropriation, Remediation, and Reflection: Writing, Literature, and Media / Donna Reiss Reiss, Donna, Art Young Young, Art 164

Chapter 8 Writing, Visualizing, and Research Reports / Penny Kinnear Kinnear, Penny 183

Chapter 9 Multimodality, Memory, and Evidence: How the Treasure House of Rhetoric Is Being Digitally Renovated / Julia Romberger Romberger, Julia 204

Part III The Changing Structures of Composition Programs

Chapter 10 Student Mastery in Metamodal Learning Environments: Moving beyond Multimodal Literacy / Mary Leigh Morbey Morbey, Mary Leigh, Carolyn Steele Steele, Carolyn 225

Chapter 11 Multivalent Composition and the Reinvention of Expertise / Tarez Samra Graban Graban, Tarez Samra, Colin Charlton Charlton, Colin, Jonikka Charlton Charlton, Jonikka 248

Chapter 12 Going Multimodal: Programmatic, Curricular, and Classroom Change / Chanon Adsanatham Adsanatham, Chanon, Phill Alexander Alexander, Phill, Kerrie Carsey Carsey, Kerrie, Abby Dubisar Dubisar, Abby, Wioleta Fedeczko Fedeczko, Wioleta, Denise Landrum-Geyer Landrum-Geyer, Denise, Cynthia Lewiecki-Wilson Lewiecki-Wilson, Cynthia, Heidi McKee McKee, Heidi, Kristen Moore Moore, Kristen, Gina Patterson Patterson, Gina, Michele Polak Polak, Michele 282

Chapter 13 Rhetoric across Modes, Rhetoric across Campus: Faculty and Students Building a Multimodal Curriculum / Traci Fordham Fordham, Traci, Hillory Oakes Oakes, Hillory 313.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780822962168

0822962160

OCLC:

794361944