We just loved the National Literacy Trust Reading Tree Challenge. Lots of book recommendations and #BookChat -it's still going on! #ReadingForPleasure ReadingRocks Reading for Pleasure 🧶 ReadingZone.com Reading 4 Fun ReadingPals Great School Libraries School Libraries Group Ambassador

I wanted to write a serious song about COVID and privilege but ended up with this. Still, it is almost Christmas - donate something... youtube.com/watch?v=C-gPP8…

So cool that fellow South African, Trevor Noah, will be hosting the Grammys

First single from Ed Campbell's '(Secret Sight) the Poetry of Kelwyn Sole' -
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What emotional impact does Covid19 have on health workers ? Watch this incredibly touching testimony by New York City nurse D’Neil Schmall @nowthisnews ChampionSouthAfrica Department of Health: COVID-19

A tongue-in-cheek look at traveling, selfies, snapshots and learning through a multimodal social semiotic lens Ed Campbell Changing Writing bit.ly/2Aqj5n9

Thought-provoking article on possible strategies to address online trolling Changing Writing S A M E - South African Multimodality in Education by Travis Noakes bit.ly/2QkB5JK

A thought-provoking blog entry on using designed space to go 'beyond narrative' - drawing on the resources students bring to class tinyurl.com/y7tgs5lh S A M E - South African Multimodality in Education Changing Writing #samultimodality

[BusinessDay] SYLVIA McKEOWN: SA and world cannot afford to ignore UN’s climate-change warning
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How are digital platforms disrupting politics? Join Carl Miller next week for an evening on politics, power and the digital world at The Policy Institute. Book your tickets here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-digital-…

A wonderful article by Fran Christie on MAK Halliday - the influence and relevance of his educational linguistics and its significant contribution to educational theory and practice #sysfunc researchgate.net/publication/32…

Exciting stuff - recognising learners' resources and adopting a multimodal approach to provide access to all learners. @samultimodality #samultimodality

Changing the way resources are used - I am very much pro-open! @writinghighered

A fantastic resource for those interested in multimodal social semiotics - a glossary of seminal terms multimodalityglossary.wordpress.com S A M E - South African Multimodality in Education Changing Writing #samultimodality

Christine Price looks at frameworks for spatial texts at 9ICOM - how do we 'write' with space? bit.ly/2NSoJE8 @samultimodality Christine Thorne Ed Campbell #samultimodality

A lighter, every day approach to multimodality - Ed Campbell looks at the 'I am Queen Mary' Statue in Copenhagen bit.ly/2MXxOPB @writinghighered Ed Campbell #samultimodality

Ready for the last session (keynote by Gunther Kress) 9ICOM #samultimodality Changing Writing

Students learn ‘how’ to use mathematics to solve problems in mechanics, but not ‘when’ and ‘why’ - Kate le Roux looks at multimodal ways to enable students to engage with these questions through discursive fluency 9ICOM Changing Writing #samultimodality

Zachary Simpson asking questions about what multimodality could bring to science teaching against the backdrop of (hashtag)ScienceMustFall #samultimodality 9ICOM Changing Writing #scienceteaching

‘Outside Western’ visual semiosis in writing should be explored in much more detail, says Rumiko Oyama #hiragana #katakana #kanji 9ICOM Changing Writing #samultimodality