For the mode bending exercise, Anne realized how the first task of using just a picture of what’s in your bag, left many of her peers feeling a lack of really getting to know each other better. She wanted then to create a very comprehensive mode bending by touching on four of the five modes mentioned by the New London Group (1996). Her first mode was the use of an infographic to relate the emotional connection to each of the items in her bag, the infographic used emojis to convey emotion. She then created a comparative bar graph to indicate how the use of the items has changed pre and post COVID. The next mode was audio and music, she connected a song to each of the items to express her emotional connection to the item. Anne emphasizes how this mode also provides a cultural insight as per her choice of songs. The last mode was the use of video, she connected a youtube video to each of the items.
Just like Anne I felt that the exercise of what’s in your bag? Lacks in really getting to know about a person. I decided to to my mode bending using video, creating a video tour of my phone, moving from what’s in your bag? To what’s in your phone? As per Ernesto’s suggestion. The video allows a person to get to know more about me by the way I highlight certain aspects, by the notifications, and by the apps that I use.
From all the mode bending options from Anne, I found the music mode the most interesting, as it provided a connection into Anne’s choices, a connection to the items, and an immersive experience to her connection. On the contrary for the video connection, I almost found it as an echo to the item itself. I was really intrigued by the way Anne approached this task, and how after all the mode bending modalities, it feels that I got a good sense of Anne’s connection to her items, and I truly felt part of the meaning-making dynamic process (New London Group, 1996) by the use of Anne’s multimodal choices.
References
The New London Group. (1996). A pedagogy of multiliteracies: Designing social futures. Harvard Educational Review 66(1), 60-92.
