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Hassett, Dawnene D., & Curwood, Jen Scott. (2009). Theories and Practices of Multimodal Education: The Instructional Dynamics of Picture Books and Primary Classrooms. Reading Teacher, 63(4), pp. 270-282.
Moyles, J. (2007). Beginning Teaching Beginning Learning. New York: McGraw-Hill Education.
Pahl, K., & Rowsell, J. (2005). Literacy and Education Understanding the New Literacy Studies in the Classroom. London: SAGE Publications.
Tse-Kian Neo, & Mai Neo. (2004). Classroom innovation: Engaging students in interactive multimedia learning. Campus-Wide Information Systems, 21(3), pp. 118-124.
Twiner, Alison, Coffin, Caroline, Littleton, Karen, & Whitelock, Denise. (2010). Multimodality, Orchestration and Participation in the Context of Classroom Use of the Interactive Whiteboard: A Discussion. Technology, Pedagogy and Education, 19(2), pp. 211-223.
I agree that multimodality develops a child’s social and emotional development and impacts upon the child’s intellectual well-being within the classroom and outdoor-classroom (Rudd, Tyldesly, 2006). However, I disagree that Multimodality can develop a child’s social well-being through outdoor play. Children should learn through individual experience which supports the Play Policy (2002). Play intrinsically motivates children creating self-direct learning. With the use of multimodality you are scaffolding the child’s learning which could in turn have a negative impact on the participation within the play (Moyles, 2007).
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Moyles, J. (2007). Beginning Teaching Beginning Learning. New York: McGraw-Hill Education
Rudd, A. and Tyldesley, A. (2006) Literacy and ICT in the Primary School: A Creative Approach to English. London: David Fulton.
Welsh Assembly Government (2002) Play Policy. Available Online at: http://playwales.org.uk/login/uploaded/documents/Playing%20and%20Hanging%20Out%20/play%20health%20and%20wellbeing.pdf. (Accessed 11th January 2017).
Children are always learning through the aspect of play whether it is in a classroom, home or outdoor. Multimodal learning allows children to communicate through their play and develop intellectual growth (Moyles, 2007). The modes that are used to communicate within play are allowing children to develop ideas and engage in their learning. Technology is a form of play which allows children to learn through multimodal and multimedia (Slutsky, 2016).
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Moyles, J. (2007). Beginning Teaching Beginning Learning. New York: McGraw-Hill Education.
Slutsky, R., & Deshetler, L. (2016). How technology is transforming the ways in which children play. Early Child Development and Care, pp. 1-9.
I agree that some educators and schools may find technology challenging and expensive when it comes to education and enhancing children’s learning, however technology integration and implementation can be two very difficult strategies to develop and maintain in schools (Garret federking 2009)
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Raizen, S. (1995). Technology education in the classroom. 1st ed. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers.
I agree with your statement that technology is challenging to practitioners that have received no training, however multimodal demonstrates communication in a classroom and allows practitioners and children to develop socially (Bezemer et al, 2016). Most schools are funded by the government to ensure that classrooms in todays society are both multimodal and multimedia learning enviorment (Oman et al, 2015).
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Bezemer, J., & Kress, G. (2016). Multimodality, learning and communication : A social semiotic frame. New York: Routledge.
Öman, Anne, & Sofkova Hashemi, Sylvana. (2015). Design and Redesign of a Multimodal Classroom Task--Implications for Teaching and Learning. Journal of Information Technology Education: Research,14, pp. 139-159.