Multimodality at Refugee Family Services
According the the United Nations, a refugee is any person who has fled his or her home country due to a well founded fear of persecution because of his or her race, ethnicity, religion, national origin, political or social affiliation. In 2011, Atlanta will have received over 3,000 new refugees seeking safety and opportunity in the United States. The majority of them are resettled in a small town just outside of the city, called Clarkston. Refugee Family Services is a nonprofit organization in Clarkston, GA. Their mission is to support the efforts of refugee women and children to achieve self-sufficiency in the U.S. by providing education and economic opportunity.
About Refugee Family Services' Youth and Afterschool Programs:
About Refugee Family Services' Youth and Afterschool Programs:
Students' Thoughts on The Storybird Project:
May and Khadija talk about what they liked about Storybird.
Anmol talks about what he liked about Storybird and how his creative process works.
Anmol talks about Storybird, and how it could be improved.
Anmol reveals what makes Storybird so special to him.
May on Storybird as an out of school literacy tool.
Thank you, Ms. Natina.
Ms. Natina Roberts, the Computer Literacy and Curriculum Coordinator in the Refugee Family Services Youth Program, was an asset to the Storybird Project. She helped me to orchestrate and execute the design of the project, and we had many interesting discussions regarding multimodality and how it fits into how our students learn. Thank you so much, Ms. Natina!
Click on the audio file below to hear her perception of the Storybird Project:
Click on the audio file below to hear her perception of the Storybird Project: