Multimodel Literacy

Multimodality, multisemiotics and multiliteracies all seem to mean a way of communicating, and understnading. Multimodal is what the individual experiences such as seeing, hearing, feeling, etc. Multimodality is how we realte to our experiences. And that things can have more than one meaning. Multiliteracies is a fancy word for multimedia. Multiamedia can be anything from comic books like "Understanding Comics" by David McCloud, or the internet, TV, as well as simulations. All of these have been used to increase the learning that takes place in a class room. Being able to communicate in more than one way creates an endless list of opportunities for you as well as for the people that are learning from you. They can learn things in many differnt ways and they get the chance to experience many differnt things.

Multimodality and multiliteracies are seen everyday in classrooms, computers, and on televisions. Understanding Comics is an example of multiliteracies becasue it is a book giving information but in a way that you would not have expected. The information about comics is coming in the form of a comic. Comics help you get all your senses. There are pictures wich are visual. There are words that are spelling out words that are used as sounds such as cough which is audio. There are writting words which are linguistic. There is movement through lines of indication which are gestural. And there are words like MMM for spatal for you to get the effect of smelling.

Overall I think that Scott McCloud's book was very helpful. It pointed out tons of things that i never thought about before, adn I am glad that I now know them!!