{"id":79,"date":"2021-10-24T10:25:25","date_gmt":"2021-10-24T17:25:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec540abeckett\/?p=79"},"modified":"2021-10-25T18:17:09","modified_gmt":"2021-10-26T01:17:09","slug":"task-7-mode-bending","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec540abeckett\/2021\/10\/24\/task-7-mode-bending\/","title":{"rendered":"Task 7: Mode-bending"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"ETEC 540 Task 7\" width=\"990\" height=\"557\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wP4ZMzn4j_U?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Reflect on the potential benefits and challenges of engaging in mode-changing and your own <strong><em>redesign<\/em> process:\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">I know that I wanted to use the same items as my original assignment, just to see how accurately I could have completed the task in this new format. The first thing that I did was go back and remind myself what was in my bag at that time (7 weeks ago). You can see this list here:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>Items from the original &#8220;in my bag&#8221; assignment (highlighted items are the ones that are represented in the redesigned assignment):<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">printed copy of my teaching schedule for the current school-year (2021-2022)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">pencil case filled with <mark>multicolored felt tip fineliners<\/mark><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">eyeglasses case with a <mark>pair of glasses<\/mark> inside<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><mark>large planner<\/mark>, open to the first week of September<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">paperback <mark>novel<\/mark> (Anne Rice\u2019s \u201cThe Witching Hour)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><mark>headphones<\/mark><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">pack of gum<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">tub of strawberry lip-gloss and a half-melted <mark>Chapstick<\/mark><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">keyring with:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">attached cardholder containing a <mark>credit card<\/mark>, debit card, <mark>driver\u2019s license<\/mark>, vaccination card, and Costco membership card<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">one <mark>house key<\/mark><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">decorative \u201cA\u201d for Angela<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">mini Save-on-More card and Canadian Tire points card<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">metal charity coin for shopping carts from the BC Children\u2019s Hospital<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">I then had to decide how to change this into a multimodal representation that was <em>different<\/em> from my original interpretation of the task, wherein I had recorded myself showing and discussing each item as though I was performing a YouTube influencer reveal. I found the chart\/wheel provided by the New London Group (module page 7.3) extremely helpful and allowed me to recognize that my original video conveyed meaning in primarily linguistic and gestural ways. Once I identified that, I was able to choose other multimodal designs that appealed to me; specifically, audio and visual. I figured it was about time I tried my <em>hand<\/em> (hah) at an animated whiteboard program. The video embedded above is my redesigned project, made using a trial version of VideoScribe. I found the program to be very intuitive and relatively easy to work with, which was a relief because often when trying a new type of program I go through three or more to find one that can accomplish my goals without being unnecessarily overcomplicated.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">One of the challenges I faced during this process was the realization that the length would need to be drastically shortened from my original video. Whereas my original was a whopping 17 minutes long, I felt that the VideoScribe version should come in somewhere around the 1 minute mark. This felt like an appropriate target length since the viewer would only be watching cartoon representations of each item being sketched; this is not as visually easy to watch for a long time without becoming impatient if it takes too long. In order to cut my time down, I tried to come up with a brief statement that expressed the core meaning of each item:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Glasses<\/strong>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">to see the world around me<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Keys<\/strong>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">to enter and exit spaces<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Headphones<\/strong>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">to withdraw into my personal world<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>IDs<\/strong>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">to prove I belong somewhere<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Money<\/strong>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">to purchase the many necessities of life<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Chapstick<\/strong>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">to protect my skin<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">A <strong>book<\/strong>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">to escape into another world<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">A <strong>planner<\/strong>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">to organize my life<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">And <strong>writing utensils<\/strong>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">to record important information<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">At first I was concerned that I wouldn&#8217;t be able to convey the full meaning of each item without verbally explaining them each at length, however, in the end I realized that this was actually a benefit of the redesign process. Cutting down the length required me to get to the core meaning of each item and being as concise as possible, which is a skill I have long known I need to work on (I tend to over talk or over explain). Moving forward, I think this style of information presentation could work well in a classroom setting, especially since The New London Group (1996) note that &#8220;[w]hen learners juxtapose different languages, discourses, styles, and approaches, they gain substantively in meta-cognitive and meta-linguistic abilities and in their ability to reflect critically on complex systems and their interactions&#8221; (p. 69). As an educator, I should be teaching in as many modes as possible, in order to reach the most students as I can. I&#8217;m glad we were given the opportunity to redesign this task and discover the potential benefits of thinking outside the box!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">References<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The New London Group.\u00a0 (1996).\u00a0<a class=\"external\" style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/newarcproject.pbworks.com\/f\/Pedagogy%2Bof%2BMultiliteracies_New%2BLondon%2BGroup.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A pedagogy of multiliteracies: Designing social futures.<\/a>\u00a0<em>Harvard Educational Review<\/em>\u00a0<em>66<\/em>(1), 60-92.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reflect on the potential benefits and challenges of engaging in mode-changing and your own redesign process:\u00a0 I know that I wanted to use the same items as my original assignment, just to see how accurately I could have completed the task in this new format. 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