Introduction
picture from Thought Catalog- Unsplash (freely usable images) Welcome! My hope for this blog is to create multimodal compositions persuading readers to understand the importance of allowing different modes of writing in the classroom. The journey will begin with five blog posts about the research literature explaining multimodal composition and its specific aspects within this project: Overview/Definition of Multimodal Writing Disciplinary Literacy in ELA using Multimodal Compositions Multimodality and 21st Century Literacy -Creativity Multimodality and 21st Century Literacy- Communication Engaging Students of all Backgrounds with Multimodal Composition Inquiry will then lead to lesson implementation in my middle school English/Language Arts classroom using digital literacies discovered through the previous blog posts. My real "why" behind this project is each and every diverse student I have the privilege to teach; multimodal composition opens up doors for all o...