Full Description
In this book, Jessica Zacher Pandya examines the everyday videomaking practices of students in a dual language, under-resourced school in order to explore the ways children interrogate their worlds, the kinds of identities they craft, and the language and literacy learning practices that emerge from digital video production. Focusing on vulnerable populations who are often left out of innovative in- and out-of-school digital media projects—including English language learners, immigrants, and children with special needs—this book offers an expanded understanding of children's critical digital literacy practices, and shows how videomaking in the regular curriculum affords opportunities for redistributive social justice. Weaving together pedagogical, methodological, social, and political concerns into her examination of a real-world context, Pandya offers a practical and informative analysis of making videos in schools; examines the impact of videomaking on students' language use and agency; and adds significantly to current theorizations of digital and new literacies.
Contents
1. Digital Video at School: Theoretical and Practical Considerations in Context 2. Narrating Selves, Teaching Facts, and Taking Critical Stances: Digital Video Projects at Esperanza 3. Child Composers at Work and Play 4. Examining, and Working With, Children's Design Sensibilities 5. Activism and Audience in School Video Projects 6. On the Road Towards Redistributive, Transformative Social Justice Appendix: Data Collection and Analysis Methods
