Multimmodal+English+pedagogy.

How to start? Tentatively one might assume, but that's not really my style - so leaping with both feet! I think the teaching of English has changed so dramatically and continues to change at such a rapid rate that it becomes necessary to figure ways that make teaching and learning efficient, effective as well as educational! I love those moments when you actually **//see//** the results of teaching, when the glow of recognition about how meaning is made is reflected in your students' eyes. That's the stuff I want more of!
 * I hear people discussing how good it would be to return time when the three Rs were the deal. Frankly I shudder (if one can frankly shudder) at that sort of retrospective notion. [[image:delight.jpg width="448" height="195"]]

Rather than 3Rs I propose 4Ds:

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Creating resources is a joy for me and I've discovered there are so many possibilities for student engagement using multimodal teaching resources. ===== || **//CLICK ON THIS LINK OR ON THE PIC ABOVE TO SEE THE PREZI THAT I WILL BE DELIVERING WITH MY PAPER. (The soundless videos will be filled in during the paper). //**

I am happy to charge into the second decade of the 21st century armed with an arsenal of ways to develop skills in students who are critical analysers and brilliant multi-literate. || If you'd like any notes, or resources, that support the paper I'm happy to share them. Just drop me an email at jbain@oconnor.nsw.edu.au or jbain@une.edu.au and I'll happily send them off in electronic form. Cheers, Julie.