The abstract for this sounds interesting
Can popular culture and information communication technologies (ICT) broaden
early years' multiliteracies experiences? This paper presents a case study that begins
with boys role-playing Star Wars action scenes at the commencement of the school
year, and concludes with an end-of-year school community celebration of a new DVD
Star Wars movie sequel, designed and performed by the boys. The Children's Star
Wars Project was developed in a small Western Australian independent community
school committed to the Reggio Emilia educational philosophy. The case study
provides an exemplar of the integral relationship between early childhood pedagogy,
multiliteracies metalanguage, and multimodal designs of meaning. Implications for
educational research are that popular culture and ICT can be readily integrated with
early childhood education (ECE) to broaden multiliteracies experiences. As shown
in this case study, these experiences facilitate the achievement of The Early Years
Learning Framework for Australia outcomes.