For this week’s task, I decided to create a podcast in the style of a back to school infomercial for an all in one teacher’s bag. My goal here was to take the previous assignment and use the mode bending idea to create a new form of media. I decided to share the contents of my bag by using a podcast which also was also a different media form than previously used.

The New London Group idea of transformative practice is demonstrated here (1996). The New London Group (1996) states that “new communications media are reshaping the way we use language” and that “there cannot be one set of standards or skills that constitute the ends of literacy learning” (p. 64).

As educators we are mode bending all of the time. Constantly restructuring and redesigning our lessons. However, the goal behind our mode bending must be intentional and not just for the sake of changing things up. Mode bending for our students gives them the opportunity to create new and enriching experiences.

This was an extremely fun experience!

References:

The New London Group.  (1996). A pedagogy of multiliteracies: Designing social futures. (Links to an external site.)  Harvard Educational Review 66(1), 60-92.