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Woo, Karen; Falloon, Garry – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2023
Coding is increasingly popular in schools around the world and is often taught by non-specialist teachers as an integrated task with other subject areas. In this article, we explore the relationship between computer science (CS) concepts and students' multimodal expression in a coding animated narrative (CAN) task in the context of an integrated…
Descriptors: Coding, Computer Science, Animation, Student Projects
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Bull, Glen; Schmidt-Crawford, Denise A.; McKenna, Michael C.; Cohoon, Jim – Theory Into Practice, 2017
"Storymaking" makes use of school makerspaces to combine making and storytelling. Constructing a diorama is a common storytelling activity in schools. This exploratory study describes preliminary efforts that explored the feasibility of extending "Make to Learn" activities with elementary and middle school students from two…
Descriptors: Story Telling, Puppetry, Creativity, Elementary School Students
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Burn, Andrew – Learning, Media and Technology, 2016
In the project discussed in this article, 30 11-year olds made an animated film in the machinima style, influenced by both film and game culture, and using a 3-D animation software tool, Moviestorm. The processes and products of the project will be analysed using a social semiotic/multimodal approach, exploring the social interests behind the…
Descriptors: Animation, Educational Games, Elementary School Students, Media Literacy
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Aslan Efe, Hulya; Yucel, Sait; Baran, Medine; Oner Sunkur, Meral – Asia-Pacific Forum on Science Learning and Teaching, 2012
The present study conducted to establish effective environmental education investigated the influence of the project-based environmental education method supported with computer animations and of the traditional environmental education method on students' environmental literacy and on their self-efficacy beliefs in giving environmental education.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Environmental Education, Active Learning, Student Projects
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Jones, Anthony; Reynolds, Nicholas – Australian Educational Computing, 2012
Most children talk to their parents about what they learned at school. Parents hear about books read, pictures drawn, stories written and games played. But how often do parents hear of children using ICT to make multimedia stories with a mathematical focus? In this paper the term "multimodality" will be used to describe such activities.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Program Implementation, Curriculum Development, Grade 4