Using different art forms to investigate the impact on children’s involvement in literacy activities Evgenia Theodotou Cass School of Education and Communities, University of East London, UK University of East London, Cass School of Education and Communities, University of East London, Stratford Campus, Water Lane, London E15 4LZ, Tel: +44 (0)20 8223 4787 e.theodotou@uel.ac.uk Information about the author Dr Evgenia Theodotou is a Senior Lecturer in Early Childhood Studies and the program leader for BA (Hons) Early Childhood with Psychology program at Cass School of Education and Communities at University of East London. She is the external examiner of Staffordshire University at the Early Childhood Studies program, an external examiner for Open University at the Early Childhood collaborative programs and a Senior Fellow of The Higher Education Academy. She holds a 1 st class Diploma in Infant and Child Care Assistant from Sivitanidios College, a 1 st class BA in Early Childhood Education and Care from University (TEI) of Athens, a MA in Education from Durham University, a MSc in Teaching Technology and Digital Systems from University of Piraeus with Distinction and a PhD in Early Childhood Education with Distinction from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens in the research area of “Literacy skills in the early years settings”. She has more than 10 years of professional experience as a head teacher in the Early Years Settings and more than 8 years in Higher Education as a Lecturer/Visiting Lecturer in Early Childhood Studies. She has been for 4 years the Program Leader in Education Department in Metropolitan College. Her research activity is focused on literacy, the arts, creativity and technology enhanced learning. She has participated in several research projects and published her research in International Conferences, Journals, edited books and monographs. She is the author of “When I play I learn… and I better understand” from Delta publications and of “Creativity in the era of New Technologies” from Kritiki publications. She has been a member in several Scientific Review Committees and organized several special sessions in International Conferences.