5)+Multiliteracies

=MULTILITERACIES = ** Source of photo found at: http://www.geocities.com/newsforkidz/2004/0912/image001.jpg
 * Children’s lives are now bombarded with multimedia, whether it is in a form of computer, cd, computer games, music, text messaging, email ect. How many forms of media do you have around your house? Each and every piece has had an impact on a child’s learning in one way or another, and also in the way teachers think about how they are going to teach literacy. Multiliteracies has expanded views in reading, writing, speaking, and listening to include the various multimedia symbol forms.

This video shows a group of students using computers to do their work.
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==** There are different design elements and components in multi model texts which help children broaden and expand their knowledge, not just in literacy, but in other subjects too. Literacy can be understood as another entirely new way of learning, as it has had such a large impact on learning. Linguistic design teaches children vocabulary, metaphor, structure and delivery. Audio teaches voice, music and sound effects. Spatial design has ecosystem, geographical and architectural components. There is visual design (color, perspective ect) and gestural design too (sensuality, body control and kinesics). Further research into multiliteracies in early learning is vital, as technology now is having a massive impact in the way everybody learns and perceives literacy. There is an increasing need for acquiring and communicating information, as we are in a world with an increasing amount of multimedia used in a variety of ways to convey information to students, as well as there being a high amount of competition between companies. There always needs to be a balance of the amount of computers in a classroom, with the amount of actual teaching done by a teacher, and learning done by a student.**==  **ACTIVITY: Can you count how many forms of media are in your house?**