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ERIC Number: EJ1162692
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2017
Pages: 13
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ISSN: ISSN-2374-7404
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Using Digital Comics to Develop Digital Literacy: Fostering Functionally, Critically, and Rhetorically Literate Students
Kirchoff, Jeff
Texas Journal of Literacy Education, v5 n2 p117-129 Win 2017
Literacy scholarship has established the importance of teaching, supporting, and facilitating digital literacy education for 21st century students. Stuart Selber goes a step further, arguing that students must be functionally (using digital technology), critically (questioning digital technology), and rhetorically (producing effective digital texts) literate. In this article, we suggest that digital comics can be an effective text that supports Selber's digital literacy framework. First, we address the importance of digital literacy before providing an overview of Selber's framework. Then, we examine different kinds of digital comics available to instructors and teachers. Finally, we summarize how we have used digital comics to meet Selber's digital literacy requirements.
Texas Journal of Literacy Education. Sam Houston State University, 1908 Bobby Marks Drive Box 2119, Huntsville, TX 77341. Web site: http://www.texasreaders.org
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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