Edited by Len Unsworth

Coding is an emerging educational imperative worldwide, including in Australia, but typically siloed in a digital technology curriculum or concentrated in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) curricula. Outside of schooling, however, a large and increasing number of primary school-age students are using coding to create a plethora of stories ranging from the brief and unimaginative, to intriguing and insightful micro-narratives, and extended and episodic animated movies.

This critical textbook connects research into practice, demonstrating through 4 class case studies (written by the teachers themselves) how Years 5 - 7 students can be supported to achieve English curriculum text creation learning outcomes through digital narrative authoring.

This research on which this book is based was supported by an Australian Research Council Discovery grant (DP190100228) funded by the Australian Government.

Why purchase this book?

• The book provides a 'research into practice' perspective on using the coding program Scratch to support students in developing animated narratives.
• 4 teacher-written chapters deliver in-depth case study examples from Years 5 - 7 of students achieving English and Digital Technologies curriculum learning outcomes through coding animated narratives.
• Specific student work samples are unpacked and analysed, breaking down their learning processes and outcomes through this approach to text creation for the English curriculum.
• A freely available supporting online course enhances and expands information for readers, providing additional insights into the process.

Intended audience

Anyone with a passion for forward-thinking literacy practices and the role of technology and multimodal texts in modern English and literacy teaching, in the following roles:

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