SupportingMultiliteraciesintheClassroom

YijuanGeWesternUniversity20171031The“Why”ofMultiliteraciesintheClassroomAnindividualwhoself-confidentintheirknowledgeofmultiliteraciesisabletoselectandevaluateideas,values,formofbehavior,culturalforms,institutions,andsocialpracticesinacriticalanddiscriminatorymode,tomakethemherorhisown,andtoengageinaprocessofself-discoveryandself-development.Kellner(1998)TheRealvs.TheImaginaryMore“thing”addingtoclassroomVs.AdynamicshiftintheprocessofteachingFearorfrustrationExcitementandintegrationTheStoryofFearandResistance“Howmanyofyouwillusethiscomplextoolinyourteaching?”The“How”ofaPedagogyofMultiliteracies“Ourviewofmind,society,andlearningisbasedontheassumptionthatthehumanmindisembodied,situated,andsocial”

NewLondonGroup(1996,p.19)1.Newliteracy,NewStudents“Manyinstancescanbecitedfromtheprofessionalliteratureandfromeverydayexperienceofchildrenintenselyinvolvedinmultimodaltextualpracticesoutsidetheirschoolexperience,whicharerarelyre?ectedoracknowledgedaspartofschoolliteracies.”

Unsworth(2001)2.Newliteracy,NewTeachersTeachersshouldextendfurtherfromindividuallyusingtechnologicaltoolstocreatemultiliterateexperience,asstudentsneedtocriticallydesign,interpretandreflectusingnewmodes.Cole&Pullen(2010)GroupActivity1:Smartboardactivities:Whatstudentsgainfromtheproject?Whatteacherscontributetotheproject?FourpedagogicalcomponentsPedagogicaldesigncreatesopportunitiesforstudentstoengageinmeaningfulexperienceandpracticewithinalearningcommunity(SituatedPractice);Studentsaresupportedintheirdevelopingunderstandingandconceptualrepertoiresbyexplicitinstructionatteachablemoments(OvertInstruction);Studentscriticallyexaminetheirnewliteraciesintermsofsocial,culturalrelevanceandpowerrelations(CriticalReframing);Then,teachersdesignopportunitiesforthemtoapplytheirnewknowledgeandformsofexpressioninwaysthatimpactupontheirlivedrealities(TransformedPractice).Tayloretal.,(2008)Situatedpracticeensuresmeaningfullearningpractices

withinacommunityoflearnersOvertinstructionintroducesdifferentmodesofmeaningtolearnersCriticalframingencourageslearnerstocreateownmeaningsTransformedpracticeengageslearnerstoapplylearnedlessonsinrealproblemsolving

Kalantzis&Cope(2002)Kalantzis&Cope(2008,p.205)AnEndlessCirclePracticalImplementationPrimarySchoolOptions:SmartboardresourcesandtechnologyInteractiveactivitiesusingthetouchscreenipadsforl