A Multimodal Approach to Writing
This presentation will consider the new WPA standards as they apply to the field of composition, with special emphasis on multimodal approaches to writing. We are facing an entirely new breed of students who have grown up as visual and verbal learners, so we need to help them join the academic conversation from their most accessible point of entry. To this end, we must consider multimodal reading and writing as an integral part of academic literacy
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This presentation will consider the new WPA standards as they apply to the field of composition, with special emphasis on multimodal approaches to writing. We are facing an entirely new breed of students who have grown up as visual and verbal learners, so we need to help them join the academic conversation from their most accessible point of entry. To this end, we must consider multimodal reading and writing as an integral part of academic literacy.
Speakers
Kim Flachmann, Professor, California State University, Bakersfield
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