Composition Projects: Multimodal
Overview
Expressing ideas through visuals and audio, and understanding others' ideas in these forms, is as critical in today's world as traditional reading and writing. These multimodal compositions can also increase learners' Motivation because they resemble the real-life texts they encounter out of school.
Example: Use This Strategy in the Classroom
Watch how this teacher explores summary paragraphs with students using a multimodal approach that includes blogs and podcasts. Being able to compose in many ways supports student ownership, in turn increasing Motivation.
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Watch how KidBlog provides a global platform for students to engage in digital authorship. Students share their ideas via videos, photos, and written explanations, and their blogs are available to classrooms across the United States and globally, which increases their Motivation to write and broadens their Literacy Environment.
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Factors Supported by this Strategy
More Active Learning Strategies
Physically acting out a text enhances reading comprehension.
Students activate more cognitive processes by exploring and representing their understandings in visual form.
When students explain their thinking process aloud, they recognize the strategies they use and solidify their understanding.
Visiting places connected to classroom learning provides opportunities to deepen understanding through firsthand experiences.
Games help students visualize how to connect one fact to another.
Playful activities can support the development of learners' Metacognition and also inspire their narratives and writing.
Project-based learning (PBL) actively engages learners in authentic tasks designed to create products that answer a given question or solve a problem.
Response devices boost engagement by encouraging all students to answer every question.
