Multimodal+Task


 * __Webpage/Blog__ ​ ** Students will each make a blog which is intended to ‘persuade’ the viewer to become environmentally friendly and become active in stopping Global Warming. The students will be required to include information on: Global Warming (what it is, how it is caused, the effect on the environment, and the impact on people), and realistic ways in which everyday people (peers, parents and the immediate community) can become environmentally friendly and help contribute to the minimizing of Global Warming. The students will also be required to include the following design elements of visual, linguistic, audio, and spatial. The students have to ensure that they use the design elements ‘effectively’, so that all combine and contribute to the purpose-to persuade someone to become active in the cause against Global Warming. Other than including those features, students have complete control over their blog. It is up to them what they do with their resources. The student who understands how to use resources in a persuasive manner will be able to complete this task with a high degree of success.

This activity addresses the focus outcome and would be a useful summative assessment, as students will be showing the teacher their understanding of what Global Warming is and responsible ways in which they can interact with the environment to minimize Global Warming. In addition, this rich multimodal task will ensure that students achieve the HSIE values and attitudes of ‘// using democratic means to become agents of change for the improvement of society’ // and //‘participating actively and responsibly in society as individuals and members of groups’//. This is important for students to achieve as it shows to students that their learning can be used and integrated into the wider world (significance), and that they are capable of changing the furture.