The Notion of ‘Character’ in School English 98
Overview of the CD-ROM 100
The Novel as CD-ROM 102
From Writing to Multimodal Video Text 105
Written Text to Visual Text 115
The Compositional Relationship between Image and Writing 118
TheCharacterGuide 122
Student Interaction with the ‘Novel as CD-ROM’ 125
The Multimodal Reshaping of Character in the Dossier Section 128
Students’ Multimodal ‘Readings’ of the Dossier 136
Multimodality, New Media, and Learning 139
Conclusion 143
5. Mathematics and the MultimodaI Construction of 145
‘Rule’ and ‘Bounce’ on Screen
Introduction 145
Using Toontalk and School Mathematics 146
Part 1: A Multimodal Analysis of Toontalk 147
Toontalk Game Mode 148
Discussion 156
Ready Made Game Level 159
Toontalk ‘Behaviour’ Level 159
Discussion 166
ProgramMode 168
Discussion of Program Mode and Rule 174
Part 2: Designing and Making a Game in Toontalk 178
Designing the Game on Paper 179
DesigningtheGameonScreen 183
Discussion 202
Conclusion 209