Double Entry Journal #12

Chapter 6: Analyzing Students' Multimodal Texts: The Product and the Process

1. Why do educators need to be careful about terms like "Digital Native"?

It causes debates and uprises because it doesn't apply to everyone.
 

2. What outcome occurs when young people are encourage to transform their understanding of particular topics by designing a multimodal text?

Positive because it enhaces the learning process.
 

3. You may skip the section titled "Context for the Project".

4. What was the goal of the project in terms of product?

track the development of the participants multimodal literacies over a 2 year period
 

5. What was the goal of the project in terms of process?

gain a deeper understanding of how multimodal texts were created especially when students were working in pairs at the computer
 

6. How were the participants fro the study selected?

sose from 8-10 and 10-12 in 14 schools
 

7. Describe the task students engage is for the purpose of this study?

comparitive examination of two websites created by the same student in 8 and 10 and qualities and characteristics of process as two students work together to create a website describing the impact of plastic bags on the environment
 

8. Explain how the researchers compared the student created multimodal texts?

they evaluated the title, slide/page, headings, and knowledge representation of each multimodal text in terms of design, content, and cohesion.
 

9. What differences in Jenny's PowerPoint presentation do you find the most interesting?

I find it most interesting how the whole presentation format changes. You can see how she not only grows in her computer work but how she grows as a person. You see the changes in her life through a PowerPoint, and that to me is just... cool.
 

10. How is working together on a computer unlike working together using a pencil and paper?
while typed works appear immediately, there is often a considerable wait time between keying in instructions and a response from computer, the length of wait time is unpredictable and maybe several minutes, and the result is often unexpected

11. What was interesting about student's behavior as they collaborated on a task at the computer?

You are able to have off task discussions while waiting for response from computer.
 

12. What can teacher learn about designing learning activities that involve the creation of multimodal texts from this study?

how to make better guidelines so students will get them done
 

13. According the the conclusion of this study, what do student need to learn in order to successful complete a multimodal text construction?

time management skills and ability to analyze, synthesize, organize ideas and come to conclusion

14. Are you surprised by the conclusions drawn in this study?
no