"We're superhuman, we just can't spell." Using the affordances of an online social network to motivate learning through literacy in dyslexic sixth-form students.

Barden, Owen (2011) "We're superhuman, we just can't spell." Using the affordances of an online social network to motivate learning through literacy in dyslexic sixth-form students. EdD thesis, University of Sheffield.

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Supervisors: Davies, Julia
Keywords: literacy, digital literacy, dyslexia, new literacy, multimodality, Facebook, sixth form, methodology, adolescence, identity, social networking, grounded theory, pedagogy
Awarding institution: University of Sheffield
Academic Units: The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > School of Education (Sheffield)
Identification Number/EthosID: uk.bl.ethos.557452
Depositing User: Dr Owen Barden
Date Deposited: 09 Dec 2011 15:59
Last Modified: 27 Apr 2016 13:33

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Appendix F: Student-produced video. "Scrabble was invented by Nazi's to piss of kids with dyslexia"

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Description: Appendix F: Student-produced video. "Scrabble was invented by Nazi's to piss of kids with dyslexia"

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