Planning: The Wri.ng Assignment

Whattypeofwri.ngwillstudentsdo?

• Personalstories

• Academic(research,etc.)

• Reviews(film,books)

• Descrip.on(physical,scien.fic)

Planning: Choose Media

• Drawings

• Photographs

• Video

• Music

• Spokenlanguage

Example Assignment 1: Illustrated Wri.ng

• Wri.ng:Astudent-generatedessayorstory

• Reading:Anessayorstorythey’veread

Assignment 1 “Recipe”

Ingredients:• Studentwri.ng

• Photosordrawings- Googleimages- Opensource:Pixabay.com,NewYorkPublicLibraryOnline,manyothers

Assignment 1 “Recipe”, con.nued

Instruc.ons:1.  Studentswritetheirassignment.

2.  Students/teachersearchforimages,orcreatedrawings.

Subs.tu.on:Startwithapictureandaskstudentstowriteaboutitanduseitintheirwri.ng.

Student Example: Images with Essay

Example Assignment 2: Maps

• Geographicalpointsinastory

• Areasofinterestinone’stownorcity

• Historicalbackgroundofapartofacityorregion

• Touristsugges.ons

Assignment 2 “Recipe”

Ingredients:

• Onlineorpapermaps

• Smartphoneswithcameras

• WriUeninforma.on

Assignment 2 “Recipe,” con.nued

Instruc.ons:

1.  Locateonlineorpapermaps.

2.  Studentswriteinforma.on.

3.  Studentsaddimagestothemap.•  Theymightusesmartphoneswithcameras

Trees of Berkeley 3Tasks:

–Takeaphotoofthetree.–Askapasserbytotakeaphotoofstudentsnexttothetree.–Write2-3paragraphsaboutthetree.Then,addthephotosandinforma.ontoamapshowingtheloca.onofthetree.

Trees of Berkeley, cont.

Trees of Berkeley, cont.

Trees of Berkeley

Completeinstruc.onsat:“ARoutetoCommunica.on:GoogleMaps”TESL-EJ,December,2011tesl-ej.org/wordpress/issues/volume15/ej59/ej59int/

Ifyoudon’thaveaccessor.metodothiswithanonlinemap,howcouldyoudothiswithoutcomputers?

Example Assignment 3: Video

• Studentnarra.onofastory

• Useanima.onorpictures

• Addmusictoastory

• Shootlivevideoandeditit

Assignment 3 “Recipe”

Ingredients:• Ascript(mostimportant!)• Audiorecordingsobware• Videoedi.ngsobware•  Imagesorvideo

Subs.tu.ons:•  iPadortablet+stylus• Drawingapplica.on•  Screenmo.oncaptureapplica.on

Assignment 3 “Recipe,” con.nued Instruc.ons:

1.  Studentswriteascriptorstoryforthevideo.

2.  Studentsgatherpictures,music,oranyotherpartsof

thevideotheywanttouse.

3.  Studentsplanouttheirvideo–whatcomesfirst,

second,etc.• Useastoryboard

Storyboard

Assignment 3 “Recipe,” con.nued Instruc.ons,con.nued:

4.Studentsrecordthemselvesreadingtheirstoryoressay.

5.Studentsaddthepicturesandmusictotheirstoryusingvideo

edi.ngsobware.

6.Studentsshowtheirvideosinclass.

Student Example: “Chinese: My Language, My Iden.ty”

Thisstudentsubs.tutedsomepartsoftherecipe:

- UseddrawingsobwareonaniPad

- Recordedherdrawings“live”usingCamtasia

- Recordedherspokenessay

- Putthepiecestogether

“Chinese: My Language, My Iden.ty”

For All Levels: Share Early and ORen

• Provide.meforlearningunfamiliarmedia:hands-on

• Allowforplayandsharingatearlystages

• Askstudentstobringmedia,drabwri.ng,andother

ideastoclass

• Shareinformally,oringalleryac.vi.es

Evalua.on

Howcanweassessnon-tradi.onalworks?

Assessment

• Dotheassignmentyourselftounderstandthechallenges,etc.

• Useself-assessmenttoguideteacherassessment

• Setupassessmentguidelinesinadvanceandsharewith

students

• Therearemoreideasat“AssessingMul.modalStudentWork”

ontheKentStateUniversitywebsite

Example Self Assessment

Takeintoaccountthecommentsfromyourclassmatesonyourvideo,mycomments,yourownthoughtsabouttheprocess,andtheendresult.Describe:• Whatyou'remostproudof• Whatyoulearnedfrommakingyourvideo• Whatyouwouldchangeifyouhadachance• Asummaryofwhatyourclassmatessaidintheircommentstoyou• Whatgradeitdeserves,andwhy

What are your ideas?

Shareinthechatbox:• addi.onalideasyouhaveaboutmul.modalwri.ng• waysyoucouldadaptanyofthestrategiesandassignments

Resources

• MaUern,ShannonChris.ne,“Evalua.ngMul.modalWork,Revisited,”JournalofDigitalHumani5es,Vol.1,No.4,2012,hUp://journalofdigitalhumani.es.org/1-4/evalua.ng-mul.modal-work-revisited-by-shannon-maUern/• Reilly,Peter,”UnderstandingandTeachingGenera.onY,”EnglishTeachingForum,No.1,2012.•  Sokolik,Maggie,“ARoutetoCommunica.on:GoogleMaps,”TESL-EJ,Vol.15,2011,hUp://tesl-ej.org/wordpress/issues/volume15/ej59/ej59int/