Theories and Practices of Multimodal Education: The Instructional Dynamics of Picture Books and Primary Classrooms
The article discussed the difference between the print text and multimodal text. The article basically discusses how teachers need to use mulitmodal text to engage their students. I agree I feel multimodal text is a need with today's generation. We are teaching students who are digital natives therefore, they are use to visual stimulation. Authors need to be able to change with the times. Therefore, authors need to start creating multimodal text. I think multimodal text is a great way to keep the students engaged in their learning and print text or traditional text can be boring. I personally like multimodal text I like the ability to engage in books that allow the students to go beyond reading. I use multimodal text with my daughter on the iPad. There are a few books that I have downloaded that allows my daughter to go beyond just reading the text. She has the ability to do puzzles, play games and watch videos that goes beyond just reading the text. At the end of the day she loves it and it keeps her engaged.
Using the ADDIE Model to Design Second Life Activities for Online Learners
The article about using Second Life with the ADDIE model was very interesting. I am new to Second Life and I found the article to be very informative. It actually help me understand Second Life. Second Life gives the students the ability to walk and communicate in their own worlds. Teachers have the ability to create content and have the students interact with the content. Second Life also gives the students the ability to communicate on a variety of levels. I believe using Second Life can enhance the learning environment tremendously.
Second Life
ELA teachers can use Second Life in a variety of ways. They can have students create avatars and give them a life they want. Teachers can communicate with their students in a virtual world. Students can create their own worlds and explore other worlds that interest them. Teachers can create a variety of activities that students can interact with. The possibilities for using Second lIfe is endless.
I like the point you made about having the students create a life of their own or life they would like to have in Second Life. It would be interesting to see what kind of lives they would seek out and the reason why ?
ReplyDeleteI can still remember my 1-year-old niece taught me how to play the Angry Bird on iPad. It is hard to image when I was at her age. We have to admit that nowadays, children are equipped with higer ability of operating because of multimodal education.
ReplyDeleteI'm new to SL as well and was a little overwhelmed when I first logged in so decided to go to a secluded world to explore first. I was intrigued to learn from the article that there are those conference rooms where groups can have private meetings. I think that's essential if you're working with elementary and middle school students.
ReplyDeleteThe possibilities for SL is endless, but to consider secluded world is important. There used to be the Teen SL, but it was closed in 2011. I remember when I attended a conference, few researchers from Columbia Teachers College were presenting the use of Teen SL for their afterschool activities. It was quite interesting!
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