A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words: The Use of Digital Photography to Enhance Literacy Development in Young Children

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Cummins, L., Rees, R. & Bacncroft, K. (2008). A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words: The Use of Digital Photography to Enhance Literacy Development in Young Children. In K. McFerrin et al. (Eds.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2008 (pp. 3462-3466). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.
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Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (SITE) 2008
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
March 3, 2008
ISBN 1-880094-64-9
  Karen McFerrin, Roberta Weber, Roger Carlsen & Dee Anna Willis
AACE

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Lauren Cummins, Regina Rees, Kelly Bacncroft, Youngstown State University, USA

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Abstract: This paper presents a work-in-progress study that focuses on the use of digital photography and digital storytelling with young children. A five-day workshop was hosted for young children at their school with the cooperation of Student's Motivated by the Arts Center (SMARTS) at Youngstown State University with the intent of correlating the use of digital photography with literacy development. This 5-day workshop's intent was to foster a child's ability to be an effective storyteller through the use of digital photography and the use of storyboards, storybooks or computer-based digital storytelling. The research methodology seeks to prove that children's literacy development, in relationship to generativity and story elements can be enhanced through the use of digital photography.

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