As digital technologies have expanded, so has the nature of literacy. Literacy has changed from relating to traditional printed and written texts to include a plethora of mutlimodal styles including online pamphlets, magazines, books, etc. Educators and students are using more digital forums to communicate. Multimodal reading and writing benefits students in multiple ways. It offers teachers a new way to engage students. Through using technologies familiar to students, the instruction becomes meaningful to them.
“An Arts-Integrated Unit: Learning 21st Century Literacies While the Teachers Are on Break,” intrigued me. Since my certification lies outside of "core" subjects, it would be interesting to work "core" subject lessons into the classroom where students could learn on multiple levels.
Integrating multimodal reading and writing into schools is a challenging proposition. Resistance from other teachers and lack of student enthusiasm are challenges that I identify with.
Here is a Youtube video about Multimodal Literacies.
Great video! Seems like it was a final assignment for a course similar to ours. Hmmmmmmm. It's got me thinking about a final project!
ReplyDeleteI agree that you might encounter some resistance to multimodal learning from students. That get conditioned to expect certain things in school and they don't like change. But I think you might wing them over quickly with a few good assignment. You will have the opportunity to design one for this course!