Reflection #3

Katie Horne
Multimodal Learning for the 21st Century Adolescent
Chapter 4

The chapter we read today focused on slowing down and taking the time to evaluate multimodal texts. While the opening vignette showed an utopian setting (a student recorded their notes on their smartphone while walking home), it also showed what teachers can aspire to in their own classroom. The rest of the chapter discussed taking the time to slow down and evaluate websites and multimodal texts. There was also a brief overview of fair use; however, most of the information was from 2008 and as of today, it's outdated :) The chapter also introduced us to the idea of webquests.

We used the 4-A protocol: one assumption, one agreement, one argument, and one aspiration about the text. As we discussed, many of the same themes resignated throughout. Our assumption was the author assumed students had access to all the wonderful technology. Our group pointed out how many students might have cell phones, but not smartphones. We did agree that students need to take the time to pause and evaulate a text and/or website. We argued how not all students have access to technology equally. Finally, we all aspired to integrate more technology into our classrooms.

I used a variety of strategies including rereading, highlighting main ideas in the text, reviewing vocabulary words, and marking the text.