{"id":140,"date":"2016-06-02T06:34:07","date_gmt":"2016-06-02T06:34:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/ivannaq\/?p=140"},"modified":"2016-06-02T06:34:07","modified_gmt":"2016-06-02T06:34:07","slug":"multimodal-compositions-in-the-writing-classroom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/ivannaq\/2016\/06\/02\/multimodal-compositions-in-the-writing-classroom\/","title":{"rendered":"Multimodal Compositions in the Writing Classroom"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you’re anything like me, then when you saw the title of this post you probably said, “What the heck are multimodal compositions??” \u00a0<\/strong>Well fear not young reader, I am here to tell you.<\/p>\n

Multimodal compositions can include audio, video, drawings, photographs, and literally any visual element that can support the text in some purposeful way. \u00a0Blogs (like this one), collages, comic strips, podcasts, and more are all examples of multimodal compositions.<\/p>\n

But why does this matter? This matters because, as Browyn Williams so eloquently put…<\/p>\n

\u201cWe must recognize that English Departments no longer sustain culture behind impenetrable walls of print. Culture…now produces texts in multiple, often overlapping forms…students need to know how to write to learn and write to inform and persuade in these forms as well as they do in print.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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As technology is evolving, it has become a more and more important part of our learning and everyday life. \u00a0Gone are the days of simply using a textbook as your only educational\u00a0resource, because now people use youtube videos, drawings, podcasts, and more in order to fully understand concepts, complete projects, and more.<\/p>\n

I am a visual learner, so these multimodal projects are actually extremely helpful to me. \u00a0Although long research papers are full of fantastic information, I find myself not being able to get through most of it. \u00a0I get bored just reading pages upon pages of text and am therefore not able to really retain all of the information.<\/p>\n

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Pictures and\u00a0youtube videos however, are able to really grab my attention and help\u00a0me to fully understand the concept of what is trying to be discussed. \u00a0I am starting to really realize the importance of this because I have to transfer my research paper over to a multimodal piece. \u00a0This has caused me to have to really think critically and outside the box because I can’t just copy and paste my paper, but rather, have to create an interesting visual piece that communicates the same thing that my 10 pages of text did. \u00a0This has proved to be a bit challenging, but I think it’s a really important part of my learning process. \u00a0This is because, the more channels that I\u00a0can use to compose and exchange meaning, the more resources I can\u00a0have at my\u00a0disposal for being a successful communicator, and that is what is really important.<\/p>\n

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Image 1: http:\/\/giphy.com\/gifs\/internet-computer-technology-CTX0ivSQbI78A<\/p>\n

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If you’re anything like me, then when you saw the title of this post you probably said, “What the heck are multimodal compositions??” \u00a0Well fear not young reader, I am here to tell you. Multimodal compositions can include audio, video, drawings, photographs, and literally any visual element that can support the text in some purposeful … Continue reading »<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1560,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"qubely_global_settings":"","qubely_interactions":"","kk_blocks_editor_width":"","_kiokenblocks_attr":"","_kiokenblocks_dimensions":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-140","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"gutentor_comment":9,"qubely_featured_image_url":null,"qubely_author":{"display_name":"ivannaq","author_link":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/ivannaq\/author\/ivannaq\/"},"qubely_comment":9,"qubely_category":"Uncategorized<\/a>","qubely_excerpt":"If you’re anything like me, then when you saw the title of this post you probably said, “What the heck are multimodal compositions??” \u00a0Well fear not young reader, I am here to tell you. Multimodal compositions can include audio, video, drawings, photographs, and literally any visual element that can support the text in some purposeful…","post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/ivannaq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/ivannaq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/ivannaq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/ivannaq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1560"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/ivannaq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=140"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/ivannaq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":144,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/ivannaq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140\/revisions\/144"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/ivannaq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/ivannaq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/ivannaq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}