Improving concepts and practices in the use of information and communication technology applied to digital literacy

• Grant number: 11/22913-2
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Research Internship - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: April 21, 2012
• End date: June 20, 2012
• Field of knowledge: Linguistics, Literature and Arts - Linguistics - Applied Linguistics
• Principal Investigator: Maria Silvia Cintra Martins
• Grantee: Maíra Fernandes Laurentino
• Supervisor: Kathleen Matheos
• Host Institution: Centro de Educação e Ciências Humanas (CECH). Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCAR). São Carlos , SP, Brazil
• Institution abroad: University of Manitoba, Canada
• Associated to the scholarship: 11/14355-0 - Appropriating new literacies and digital literacy among students of elementary school, BP.IC

Abstract

This project BEPE belongs to the Research Group LEETRA (CNPq) led by Maria Sílvia Cintra Martins. It is part of the project "Appropriating new literacies and digital literacy among students of Elementary School" (Fapesp 2011/14355-0). The objectives of a stage in the University of Manitoba are to promote the contact of the researcher with contemporary bibliography on digital literacy, to promote their participation in meetings, lectures, seminars on the theme of new literacies and to colaborate in acadenic interchange and mobility between both universities. (AU)