You Hold the Camera Now: An Action Research Case Study of Pre-Kindergarten Transmedia Narrative Design
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- ISEA2011: 17th International Symposium on Electronic Art
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- The Madness of Methods: Emerging Arts Research Practices
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- You Hold the Camera Now: An Action Research Case Study of Pre-Kindergarten Transmedia Narrative Design
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Panel: The Madness of Methods: Emerging Arts Research Practices
This paper presents findings from a pilot research project called the Junior Audio-Video Club. Conducted at USC’s Institute for Multimedia Literacy,the project introduced media production skills along with concepts of recombinant and transmedia storytelling to two groups of four- and five-year old preschool students over the course of a 16-week curriculum. Through an account of our experimental pedagogical approaches, and through an examination of student-produced media artifacts, this paper aims to identify key insights and challenges to the pursuit of early childhood media arts education, and to explore ways in which art practice as a research methodology can inform practical approaches to collaborative curriculum design, facilitation of pre-linear creative expression, and promotion of media literacy skills as an integrated component of early childhood literacy education.