Introducing
Pitt Fuego
A Multimodal Communication Tool
"What might it look like if many people became literate in this technology or if institutions build on the assumption that many people are literate in it? How might we shape the education for these skills to help them be equally distributed?"
-Vee, Coding Literacies (2017, p.224)
Multimodal composing across the curriculum offers the perfect opportunity for our students to start working with code.
Pitt Fuego : Think : Code + Writing and Communicating
Introductions
Digital Portfolio
Pitt Fuego provides a low-floor, high-ceiling tool for working with code
Key Components
- hidden comment tags
- common css. stylings
- code repository
- integrated information architecture
- agile framework
- free and open-source
- MIT Licensed
Pedagogical and Tool Design Goals
What's the data say? Working with code in the composition classroom will lead to new possibilities for composing and new pathways for student empowerment.
Designed to support the kinds of work we are already doing with our students.
Interested in helping your students and colleagues use code to make cool multimodal documents? Email Stephen Quigley.
Check out our free and open-source program with a range of tools to support your teaching and learning. And see our FAQ and Classroom Best Practice links at the bottom of the page:
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Why make a spark when you can light a fire?
