PML4 The Multimodality of Meaning Making
Agenda
Blogging reminders/troubleshooting
Complete semiotic jigsaw exercise
Making a case for comics in the classroom (readings)
Myths, misconceptions.
What can you teach with comics/graphic novels?
Semiotic Systems
auditory (for example, music, sound effects, silence)
gestural (for example, facial expression, body language)
linguistic (for example, vocabulary, grammar)
spatial (for example, environmental and architectural spaces)
visual (for example, still and moving images, page and screen layouts).
Texts
Dove: http://www.dove.ca/en/Social-Mission/
Short film: Validation (search on Youtube) or http://bit.ly/validationmovie
Interactive Telltale Heart: http://bit.ly/knowingpoe
Selection from: Spiegelman, Art. Maus. 1st ed. 1-2. Penguin Books, 1993.
Questions to discuss:
Identify the codes and conventions used to convey meaning
Did your text use more than one semiotic system? How did that affect your reading and viewing?
Were you more proficient with some systems than with others? Which ones? Why?
Readings
Brown, J. (2010). The case for comics in the classroom. TEDxOntarioEd Event (video) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpCiH_aBlLQ
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ReadingsNorah Young Podcast on New Media Literacies
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Readings
Scott McCloud on Comics
Teaching With Comics and Graphic Novels
Myths and Misconceptions
Sample Texts
What could you teach with these texts?
How would you approach them?
Bitstrips and Comic Life
http://www.bitstripsforschools.com
Lesson Redesign
Choose a lesson from your first practicum placement (doesn’t matter if it wasn’t English) and revise and redesign it using a text selection or literacy practice that was not integrated in the original form.
Share this redesign on your blog. Be sure to credit sources/original creators.
Due date: (We will decide on this as a class today)
For Next Week
Comment on two or three of your classmates’ blog posts. Comments should attempt to “extend the conversation” in some way. Ask a question, share a suggestion, etc. Be constructive and polite.
Blog! Topics? Comics in the classroom? Multimodal texts: lesson possibilities? How did your literacy experiences as a student inform your current teaching philosophy?
For Next Week
Lee, R. ECOO 2010 Pecha Kucha by Royan Lee (video) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqf5sEN5vzM
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