{"id":44,"date":"2025-02-21T15:56:37","date_gmt":"2025-02-21T22:56:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/twong540\/?p=44"},"modified":"2025-03-11T01:02:27","modified_gmt":"2025-03-11T08:02:27","slug":"task-7-mode-bending","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/twong540\/task-7-mode-bending\/","title":{"rendered":"Task 7: Mode-bending"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Audio File &#8211; Describing what&#8217;s in my &#8220;memory boxes&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/twong540\/files\/2025\/02\/Boxes-Friday-at-2-35-PM.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>For this task, I chose to redesign it, by changing it more to a &#8220;reaction-style&#8221; audio recording. I thought that by going through an old shoebox of personal belongings, I would be able to elicit some genuine reactions, which could help others gain insights into my life from a different perspective.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cope and Kalantzis (2009) write, &#8220;In a pedagogy of multiliteracies, all forms of representation, including language, should be regarded as dynamic processes of transformation rather than processes of reproduction&#8221; (p. 125). In light of reading this, I made the decisions to change both the semiotic and sensory modes of the task. Firstly, it is no longer about what is in my <em>bag<\/em>, but rather what is in an old box that I&#8217;ve stored special things in. However, to change it up even more, I narrated the experience instead of taking a new photo. The change-up from visual and written to mostly oral also in and of itself represents a large shift.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I felt like a reaction-style recording was very fitting for this assignment, as reaction videos are highly popular on YouTube, and &#8220;live&#8221; audio sort of pays an homage to the livestreaming culture of today. The New London Group (1996) writes, &#8220;people are simultaneously members of multiple lifeworlds, so their identities have multiple layers that are in complex relation to each other&#8221; (p. 71). I think that this task in tandem with Task 1 really highlight the meaning behind this message. In Task 1, others were able to get a glimpse of my &#8220;professional&#8221; life, and make some guesses about things that I might enjoy. In this task, some of my other hobbies are now revealed, and you get a closer look at some of my more personal belongings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this narrative style, I describe things that are related to my hobbies &#8211; I may use jargon or terms that are not easily understood. In this case, only others with knowledge about those hobbies might understand what I am saying. Each time this assignment is done, different &#8220;literacies&#8221; and abilities are at play and engaged. As I went through other students&#8217; webspaces, I personally found audio really fun to listen to, and I preferred it over scouring over photos of their bag&#8217;s contents. I wonder how many others shared the same opinion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>References<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cope, B., &amp; Kalantzis, M. (2009).\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lled3602015\/files\/2015\/08\/CopeKalantzis_Multiliteracies.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Multiliteracies: New literacies, new learning.<\/a>\u00a0<em>Pedagogies: An International Journal, 4(<\/em>3), 164-195.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The New London Group. (1996).\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/newarcproject.pbworks.com\/f\/Pedagogy%2Bof%2BMultiliteracies_New%2BLondon%2BGroup.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">A pedagogy of multiliteracies: Designing social futures.\u00a0(Links to an external site.)<\/a>\u00a0<em>Harvard Educational Review<\/em>\u00a0<em>66<\/em>(1), 60-92.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Audio File &#8211; Describing what&#8217;s in my &#8220;memory boxes&#8221; For this task, I chose to redesign it, by changing it more to a &#8220;reaction-style&#8221; audio recording. 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