Digital and Multimodal Literacies and Student Motivation

Introduction In previous posts, I have discussed the impacts that digital and multimodal literacies can have on early and adolescent reader development.  I have also introduced my implementation plan for using digital and multimodal literacies with my fifth grade reading intervention students, while focusing on the effects of the lessons and activities on their individual motivation and engagement in literacy practices. In this post, I will discuss digital and multimodal literacies and their relationship to the motivations and engagement in struggling readers.  Accessibility and Success In a study by Anderson (2018), it was observed in a classroom of diverse third grade readers how the effects of e-readers can be positive for student engagement and motivation in literacy activities.  This case study found that students were able to use their e-readers to easily access texts that suited their interests and abilities.  This support of autonomy allowed students to i...

Introduction In my previous post, I shared my implementation plan for engaging my students in inquiry using digital and multimodal literacies.  This post will explain some of the resources that I chose to use for my implementation plan.  I teach at a first-year one-to-one school, meaning, all of our students have devices, whether they be a tablet or a laptop.  We are also a school that utilizes Google Suite for Education.  This allows each student access to an email account and the different tools and features that Google has to offer.  For my implementation plan, I chose to stick with these Google tools and features for ease of use and to hopefully prepare for the chance of teaching remotely during the pandemic.  I will be sharing the following resources:  Google Jamboard, Kiddle, and Google Slides.  I hope to use these resources in my plan to help my students to guide their questioning, understanding of resources, evaluating resources, synthes...

  Introduction     Previously, I have talked about the role of motivation on reading development for both beginning and adolescent readers, and how digital and multimodal literacies can be used to support literacy skills.  This week I will share with you my plan for implementing digital and multimodal literacies in my very own classroom.  I hope to begin these lessons in the coming weeks and will share with you the outcomes and challenges of my plan and teaching with digital and multimodal literacies. My Classroom     I teach in a rural Oklahoma Title I school as a reading interventionist.  I serve grades kindergarten through fifth grade in a small group setting with targeted instruction guided by their reading screening, progress monitoring, and diagnostic assessments.  I plan to use the QUEST Model (Dobler and Eagleton, 2015) to implement teaching with digital and multimodal literacies with my fifth grade reading intervention group. ...