As discussed in a previous blog, ‘multiliteracies’ is one of the Literacy Education buzz words. It has been recognised in education for numerous decades that literacy and meaning making is multimodal, and this includes online communication.
Our students are increasingly engaging with literacy online and there is great debate as to …
Posted on July 14, 2009 by Beyond Chalk Blog .
Posted on July 13, 2009 by Beyond Chalk Blog .
Since the beginning of time music has universally been one of the most powerful forms of communication and has long been used as a tool for teaching literacy. Music not only stimulates our senses and emotions, it also engages our listening, speaking, writing and reading skills.
Young children are naturally responsive …
Posted on July 2, 2009 by Beyond Chalk Blog .
‘Multiliteracies’, one of the Literacy Education buzz words, describes what constitutes literacy and meaning making in today’s world. Furthermore, as Kalantzis and Cope (2008) point out, meaning is made in ways that are increasingly multimodal—in which written-linguistic modes of meaning interface with oral, visual, audio, gestural, tactile and spatial patterns …
Posted on February 19, 2009 by Brad .
After sharing Word documents on Floppy discs (!), Sharon Grimes has enabled 103,643 students and 8,850 classroom teachers to collaborate online using PB Wiki.
” The collaborative environment allows students to not only learn from one another, but also to have “grand conversations,” rich discussions about literature that extend beyond …
Posted on January 22, 2009 by Callie .
When I previously wrote a post about Free Audio Books for English and Literature, I mentioned using a recording of ‘Deadly Unna’. This was an audio book that our amazing librarian (also my dear friend) purchased on CD a few years ago. Di wrote a comment asking where she could get a …
Posted on August 29, 2008 by Callie .
This is my first post in a series that I have developed, based on the ideas for creating Podcasts in each learning area. These ideas have been formulated with the English curriculum across all year levels in mind. These ideas are also very relevant for ESL and Special Ed students. …
Posted on August 12, 2008 by Callie .
When I asked my Year 9 students to write their goals for English at the start of the semester, one student wrote that they would like to finish a novel (as in, their first novel ever!). I went and spoke to his English teacher from the previous year and they …