https://padlet.com/jwallace40/97scpujsti8k within the PYP and how they support teacher capabilities en-us 2018-09-03 17:51:52 UTC 2021-07-10 10:52:36 UTC hello@padlet.com 0 jwallace40 https://padlet.com/jwallace40/97scpujsti8k/wish/277343856 Teachers need to understand: 'multiliteracy' and 'multimodality'; how multiliteracies might look in the classroom; and to integrate multiliteracies into planning. ]]> 2018-09-03 17:56:46 UTC https://padlet.com/jwallace40/97scpujsti8k/wish/277343856 jwallace40 https://padlet.com/jwallace40/97scpujsti8k/wish/277344111 Multiliteracies: In the past, literacy meant reading and writing using printed and handwritten texts, but we now recognize that understanding and creating text (electronic, paper or live such as a performance), involves a lot of different knowledge and skills, and literacy is being redefined as having multiple interacting elements.]]> 2018-09-03 17:58:57 UTC https://padlet.com/jwallace40/97scpujsti8k/wish/277344111 jwallace40 https://padlet.com/jwallace40/97scpujsti8k/wish/277344144 Multimodality: We increasingly communicate and make meaning in ways that are multimodal. We might for example, access websites that combine different features such as video, pictures and interactive media to convey their messages. The modes they are using are language (written) as well as visual, audio and spatial.]]> 2018-09-03 17:59:14 UTC https://padlet.com/jwallace40/97scpujsti8k/wish/277344144 jwallace40 https://padlet.com/jwallace40/97scpujsti8k/wish/277344527 Teaching literacy is changing as a result of technology: a connected world rich with cultural and linguistic diversity, new language contexts and relationships are constantly emerging. ]]> 2018-09-03 18:04:05 UTC https://padlet.com/jwallace40/97scpujsti8k/wish/277344527 jwallace40 https://padlet.com/jwallace40/97scpujsti8k/wish/277344548 digital technologies impact how we choose to communicate with, and with the ways in which we combine them to express ourselves. ]]> 2018-09-03 18:04:22 UTC https://padlet.com/jwallace40/97scpujsti8k/wish/277344548 jwallace40 https://padlet.com/jwallace40/97scpujsti8k/wish/277344576 Multiliteracies extend our awareness of the multiple ways texts influence how we make and express meaning]]> 2018-09-03 18:04:40 UTC https://padlet.com/jwallace40/97scpujsti8k/wish/277344576 jwallace40 https://padlet.com/jwallace40/97scpujsti8k/wish/277344599 Literacy includes digital technology as well as dance, music, art. 

]]> 2018-09-03 18:05:01 UTC https://padlet.com/jwallace40/97scpujsti8k/wish/277344599 jwallace40 https://padlet.com/jwallace40/97scpujsti8k/wish/277344692 Each mode has its own signs and symbols. A conversation with a student is multimodal because posture, facial expressions and hand movements all convey meaning - gestural - with speaking - language mode. ]]> 2018-09-03 18:06:14 UTC https://padlet.com/jwallace40/97scpujsti8k/wish/277344692 jwallace40 https://padlet.com/jwallace40/97scpujsti8k/wish/277345194 In a unit with the central idea: Effective communication can resolve conflict, Year 1 students explored how to communicate ideas using music and drawings (multiple modes). "Teachers can be open to providing multiple pathways for their students to express their understandings”.  Students saw how multiple modes—drawing and music—can inform each other and work together.]]> 2018-09-03 18:12:10 UTC https://padlet.com/jwallace40/97scpujsti8k/wish/277345194 jwallace40 https://padlet.com/jwallace40/97scpujsti8k/wish/277345901 Planning for multiliteracies: Intentionally planning with multimodal texts creates the space and opportunity to value cultural diversity, whilst exploring connections among different modes of meaning making. ]]> 2018-09-03 18:19:31 UTC https://padlet.com/jwallace40/97scpujsti8k/wish/277345901