With the introduction of the Australian Curriculum, there is an emphasis on the use of Multimodal Text in English. ICT offers a great range of tools to allow students to create digital multimodal texts, such as comics, animations, digital storytelling, video & audio, ebooks, poster & cover design and game design .
What are multimodal texts?
A text may be defined as multimodal when it combines two or more semiotic systems. There are five semiotic systems in total:
1. Linguistic: comprising aspects such as vocabulary, generic structure and the grammar of oral and written language
2. Visual: comprising aspects such as colour, vectors and viewpoint in still and moving images
3. Audio: comprising aspects such as volume, pitch and rhythm of music and sound effects
4. Gestural: comprising aspects such as movement, speed and stillness in facial expression and body language
5. Spatial: comprising aspects such as proximity, direction, position of layout and organisation of objects in space.
Multimodal texts can be delivered via different media or technologies. They may be live, paper, or digital.
(Bull and Anstey, 2010)
Use software usch as powerpoint, publisher, paint.net or photoshop
Online: Sumopaint or Glogster EDU
Scratch, Game Maker, Alice, Game Salad (Mac), Game Mechanic, Kodu,
Can create using powerpoint, online resources: News Map, Many Eyes, Gapminder, Periodic table of Visualisation Methods, Information is Beautiful
4 comments:
Love your work as always Steph!
You are a gun!
Hi there from another 'Steph' also in Austraia :) love your blog - see my blog at http://www.techteacherpto3.blogspot.com.au/ as I'm just going to share your blog there. We have a lot of similar interests re digital pedagogy.
Wonderful post about the digital game design course models.
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