Stefania Carioli’s 2015 presentation, "ISSUU as a source of texts for multimodal literacy" (part of the Amazing Texts Session), focuses on using the digital publishing platform ISSUU to find and analyze diverse, multimodal texts, such as picture books, graphic novels, and digital periodicals, to enhance literacy instruction. Her work emphasizes bridging traditional reading skills with the complex, non-linear, and visual demands of online reading. Key aspects of this approach include: Multimodal Text Source: ISSUU hosts millions of digital publications, providing a rich, freely accessible repository of magazines, catalogs, and books that combine visual, textual, and spatial modes of communication. Focus on PictureBooks: Carioli highlights picture books and illustrated children’s literature as valuable multimodal texts for developing visual literacy, as they encourage learners to interpret visual elements as integral narrative signs.
ISSUU as a source of texts for multimodal literacy (Amazing Texts Session)
Carioli Stefania
2015-01-01
Abstract
Stefania Carioli’s 2015 presentation, "ISSUU as a source of texts for multimodal literacy" (part of the Amazing Texts Session), focuses on using the digital publishing platform ISSUU to find and analyze diverse, multimodal texts, such as picture books, graphic novels, and digital periodicals, to enhance literacy instruction. Her work emphasizes bridging traditional reading skills with the complex, non-linear, and visual demands of online reading. Key aspects of this approach include: Multimodal Text Source: ISSUU hosts millions of digital publications, providing a rich, freely accessible repository of magazines, catalogs, and books that combine visual, textual, and spatial modes of communication. Focus on PictureBooks: Carioli highlights picture books and illustrated children’s literature as valuable multimodal texts for developing visual literacy, as they encourage learners to interpret visual elements as integral narrative signs.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
