Jill Kedersha McClay
Biographic Data
| ID | 5167137 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jill Kedersha McClay |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jill Kedersha |
| FAMILY NAME | McClay |
| SIGNATURE | MCCLAY J K |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Alberta |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Pirates and poachers
This article explores what teachers and students can learn about contemporary story‐telling from a study of fan fiction – that is, stories created by readers and viewers out of the canonical material of previously published fictions. Drawing on the example of Pirates of the Caribbean, it investigates ways in which fan fiction writers develop codes and conventions to govern themselves. For example, online litmus tests establish when a writer is se…
Collaborating with Teachers and Students in Multiliteracies Research
Multiliteracies theory, with an emphasis on literacy as diverse and negotiated social practices involving multimodal work, is particularly compatible with collaborative research, as such research enables researchers and teachers to consider students’ multiple perspectives and intentions for their work. This article discusses three collaborative teacher-researcher case studies of teaching and learning in a multiliteracies framework with middle-yea…
Graphic Routes to Electronic Literacy
New media and technologies operate in polysemic formats that make complex demands on readers. During a time of constant change in ways of communicating, the familiar form of the picture book offers readers of all ages a route into sophisticated polysemic reading. Contemporary picture books provide both the comfort of the known and the potential of the new. As texts that use multiple semiotic systems, picture books also manifest the chief virtue o…
Pirates and poachers
This article explores what teachers and students can learn about contemporary story‐telling from a study of fan fiction – that is, stories created by readers and viewers out of the canonical material of previously published fictions. Drawing on the example of Pirates of the Caribbean, it investigates ways in which fan fiction writers develop codes and conventions to govern themselves. For example, online litmus tests establish when a writer is se…
Graphic Routes to Electronic Literacy
New media and technologies operate in polysemic formats that make complex demands on readers. During a time of constant change in ways of communicating, the familiar form of the picture book offers readers of all ages a route into sophisticated polysemic reading. Contemporary picture books provide both the comfort of the known and the potential of the new. As texts that use multiple semiotic systems, picture books also manifest the chief virtue o…
Collaborating with Teachers and Students in Multiliteracies Research
Multiliteracies theory, with an emphasis on literacy as diverse and negotiated social practices involving multimodal work, is particularly compatible with collaborative research, as such research enables researchers and teachers to consider students’ multiple perspectives and intentions for their work. This article discusses three collaborative teacher-researcher case studies of teaching and learning in a multiliteracies framework with middle-yea…
Pirates and poachers
This article explores what teachers and students can learn about contemporary story‐telling from a study of fan fiction – that is, stories created by readers and viewers out of the canonical material of previously published fictions. Drawing on the example of Pirates of the Caribbean, it investigates ways in which fan fiction writers develop codes and conventions to govern themselves. For example, online litmus tests establish when a writer is se…
Art (2 works) · Linguistics (2 works) · Literature (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 work) · Asian Culture and Media Studies (1 work) · Comics and Graphic Narratives (1 work) · Computer Science (1 work) · Digital Games and Media (1 work) · Digital literacy in education (1 work)