Week Eight Blog - Textual Repertoires and Literacy Learning

  Textual Repertoires and Literacy Learning

An app that I chose is TikTok. TikTok is a social media app that makes videos, sounds, and visual elements that can be shared with viewers, providing information or entertainment. This is an app I enjoy using. I enjoy the practicality it has on my life and the way that the content relates to things that I am interested in, and the way that I have learnt so much from this one app. I also enjoy its use of videos and multimodal functions that can support making/watching videos on the app. The purpose of this app is to provide enjoyment, knowledge and a connected community of viewers, therefore creating a world of knowledge through one particular app. 

According to Burnett & Merchant's (2018) definition of mode, I understand that this particular app is 'multimodal' in that it allows listening, watching, and viewing (mode) to images, videos, and sounds (media) while interacting with it, and that this is also the app's purpose (Burnett & Merchant, 2018). This app is labelled as social media and allows people to communicate with one another through a screen, enabling connections all over the world. Through the use of technology, this is possible for all users. However, this app is not suitable for young children as it can present topics, information and knowledge that is not age-appropriate for them, therefore making them vulnerable to the app's content

The textual repertoires that are required for myself and older children to engage in the app are the knowledge of making, viewing and responding to videos from other creators on the app. As well as understanding the editing processes of intertwining sounds and images/videos to make a cohesive piece to be viewed. Children can explore these features using many different apps and can learn many aspects of communication and other literary structures through this app (Burnett & Merchant, 2018). 


Image of the TikTok logo (Logowine, n.d.)

Burnett, C., & Merchant, G. (2018). Acknowledge diverse modes and media. New media in the classroom: rethinking primary literacy (pp. 35-44). Sage Publication Ltd. https://doi.org/10.4135/9781529714906.n4

Logowine (n.d.). TikTok logo. https://www.logo.wine/logo/TikTok

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