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Digital Play and Legos as Rehearsal for Writing

Digital Play and Legos as Rehearsal for Writing

Copyright: © 2018 |Pages: 19
ISBN13: 9781522532125|ISBN10: 1522532129|EISBN13: 9781522532132
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-3212-5.ch006
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Sally Ann Brown. "Digital Play and Legos as Rehearsal for Writing." Digital Initiatives for Literacy Development in Elementary Classrooms: Emerging Research and Opportunities, IGI Global, 2018, pp.110-128. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-3212-5.ch006

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S. Brown (2018). Digital Play and Legos as Rehearsal for Writing. IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-3212-5.ch006

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Sally Ann Brown. "Digital Play and Legos as Rehearsal for Writing." In Digital Initiatives for Literacy Development in Elementary Classrooms: Emerging Research and Opportunities. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2018. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-3212-5.ch006

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Abstract

Do you consider digital play as learning? This chapter showcases the role of play in learning within a school classroom where there is not often time for such activities. Since students already bring a wealth of media rich information with them to school, it is necessary to capitalize on these experiences as means for extending language and literacy development. In this case, students design their own stories by initially building scenes using Lego pieces. Each sequence is photographed digitally and later imported into a computer for composing purposes. The students bring together images with words to construct multimodal stories. Part of the process involves digital play where learners experiment with technology as a way to understand the affordances of particular tools. For example, students played with the cropping tool to recognize how best to manipulate their photo. Results show the development of digital expertise and students actively becoming agentive learners.

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