The Theory into Practice section of the special issue begins with
Jody Shipka's "This Was (NOT!!) an Easy Assignment." This web text offers an excellent exploration of students' experiences of multimodal writing instruction. Considering how the modalities students can access and use online likewise play a significant role offline, Shipka examines how 29 first-year composition students negotiated a multimodal framework for composing that challenged their expectations for, and/or experiences in, academic writing courses. Enacting the very practices she discusses, Shipka employs words, drawings, sound, and video together to create a scholarly work that uses multiple modes online rather than just reports on them in print.
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