Day 3: Multimodal Dig

The multimodal texts I located in my backpack are:

  1. Audio Recording Device (visual, aural)
  2. Notebook (visual, spatial, linguistic)
  3. Laptop (visual, linguistic)
  4. Calculator (visual, spatial)
  5. Wallet (visual, spatial, linguistic)
  6. Syllabus (visual, spatial, linguistic)
  7. Headphones (visual, aural)
  8. Writing Utensils (visual, linguistic)
  9. Voro iphone App (visual, aural, gestural, spatial, linguistic)
  10. Textbook (visual, gestural, spatial, linguistic)

I only had one text use all five modes of communication, and that was my iPhone app. I saw most of my texts contained spatial and linguistic patterns. I would say all those texts are similar cause they are all academic and need directions and spacing to be used efficiently. They were all created in a similar time period. The two texts that are the most different are my iPhone app and my calculator because the calculator is limited to only two modes of communication and basic functions whereas the app embodies all 5 modes of communication. Although many of my texts embody similar modes of communication, they are used in very different manners. For example, I use the iPhone app to entertain myself, whereas I use my textbook and laptop to study,