Task 7 – What’s in Your Bag Redesigned
https://www.thinglink.com/scene/1508883053362020355
Coming up with an idea of how to bend the mode and share this task in an audio form was thought-provoking and somewhat challenging. I knew I wanted to incorporate sound effects, videos, and images but didn’t know the medium of how. I explored websites and blogs and trialed a few apps; I was unsuccessful. I opted to go for the best resource we have – peers and colleagues. I stumbled across thinglink.com on Brenden’s Blog which was exactly what I was looking for: intuitive to use and user-friendly. Once I had the medium figured out, the rest fell into place and I enjoyed sourcing audio and visual design pieces into the task; common sounds in my house and school, YouTube videos, and advertisements.
As a teacher, I have an obligation to present information to students in modes that support their best learning. I know that many of my students learn in certain ways, however, I wonder how I could better incorporate multiliteracies into my teaching practice. The New Long Group (1996) talks about how the goal is multimodal, in addition to visual and linguistic, we should also be considering audio, spatial, and gestural design. I discovered throughout this process that my default mode is visual, so the initial task was easier for me. When it came time to bend the mode and present it in a different way the next easiest form was audio. Thinking about being able to present my task as a spatial or gestural task feels completely out of my wheelhouse, especially when delivering the task via an online blog. I wonder how the writers in this group implemented these multimodal teachings in 1996 when they did not have the technology that we have today. I also wonder how my peers plan on implementing this concept into their classrooms and curriculums.
When you bend the mode of the task, the information and the ideas become clearer. How could I get my students to engage with mode bending for them to better understand the material and engage with the content in a more meaningful way? Not only does it make me reflect on how I present the information to my students, but also in how I facilitate their skills with technology in multimodal ways. How could I get students to present information in multimodal ways that support the ways that best reflect their learning styles?
The New London Group. (1996). A pedagogy of multiliteracies: Designing social futures. (Links to an external site.) Harvard Educational Review 66(1), 60-92.
Links for Visual (incase they do not work)
Mac
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tobL8U7dQo
School
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vq-D8nEBr0E
Sports
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GeXetxfjHY8
Fanny Pack
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-SXfb0CJrE
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