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How our heart works:  Digital Storytelling Video Link: https://voicethread.com/share/11616913/

                                                                    The 10 Facts about Polar Bears Book builder Link : http://bookbuilder.cast.org/view.php?op=view&book=131965&page=1 I create this book for grade 1 to grade 3 children for literacy learning in reading, writing and speaking. The book writes about 10 facts about polar bears. The book helps children get know polar bears’ habits, living environment and etc. I add coach reader in every page and giving questions during the children reading the book. I believe questions always can bring students thinking and enforce students' learning process. It gives students opportunities to understand the text content and use their logic to find the clue and answer the questions with support details. This book can use in the class and after class....

Second life game creates an environment that inspires students learning.  The game encourages on students communication skill meanwhile the game gives students opportunities to practice on their literacy skills. Students can join anyone's group and find the group with their interest and explore their interests. Learners can join the groups by search their interest, it practices on students independent work and research skills. Students develop those skills by reading the instructions on the website, searching their interest and communicate with friends on the internet to practice on their communication skills and writing skills. The technology integrates on students learning use multimodal way to increase the students quality of learning by cultivating students interest and students needs. Students learn the knowledge and practice on literacy skills in many ways such as picture, image, communication etc. Students deco...

1. Theories and Practices of Multimodal Education: In today’s teaching in the classroom, teacher needs to use multimodal ways to inform students about learning theories and practice. The multimodal theories include Picture books, interaction with peers, gesture, drama, drawing, and ways of incorporating, integrating and extending linguistic signs. The digital media also can be a way to help students in literacy learning. Students can decode and comprehend alphabetic print in conjunction with other socially and culturally shaped forms of representation. As a teacher when we design the class, we are no longer in the path of what we respect students to learn. We are making a lesson plan to reach the teaching goal by understanding students’ background, culture, and needs.   Use multimodal theories in teaching inspires student’s literacy practicing on writing and bring the interest of student’s literacy learning. For example, teacher use read-aloud to encourage students to think “m...