Suzanne Miller, University at Buffalo, and Buffalo Public Schools – “City Voices, City Visions.” Graduate students in the School of Education used the internet, digital video cameras, and iMovie to develop plans for multimodal teaching. See examples at http://www.gse.buffalo.edu/org/cityvoices/
DUSTY, or Digital Underground Storytelling for Youth – University of California graduate students work with youths from West Oakland, and form a partnership that crosses “geographic, cultural, socio-economic, and semiotic divides.” DUSTY's endeavor is presented in the forthcoming book:
Hull, G.A. & James, M.A. (TBA). Geographies of hope: a study of urban landscapes and a university-community collaborative. Blurring boundaries: Developing writers, researchers, and teachers: A tribute to William L. Smith. P. O’Neill (Ed.).
ReadWriteThink.org offers several lessons on multi-modal classroom activities. You can find all lessons below at RWT’s website.
1. Creative Communication Frames: Discovering Similarities Between Writing and Art
2. Paying Attention to Technology: Writing Technology Autobiographies
3. Paying Attention to Technology: Exploring a Fictional Technology
4. Get the Reel Scoop: Comparing Books to Movies
5. Renaissance Humanism in Hamlet and The Birth of Venus
Literacy in the Ways of the Web – NCTE online collection of links related to internet literacy.
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