Table 5

Students' use of tablets

Multimodal layersData nExamples
Technologies – hardwareTablets: 12Tablets: iPads
Technologies – softwareVisual: 7Visual: Fotobabble, iMovie, GlogsterEdu, video
Linguistic: 6Linguistic: storybookmaker, worksheets
Multiplicity of modes: 2Multiplicity of modes: Poll, Padlet
Auditory: 1Auditory: podcasts
Technologies' functional propertiesPrimary function: 5Primary: dragging pointer, visualizing, recording
Secondary function: 4Secondary: taking photos/inserting into organizer, editing/shaping videos, zoom
Tertiary function: 2Tertiary: recording videos on narratives, tracking alphabetic inscriptions on touchscreen
Technologies' semiotic properties3Font, colour, typographic elements
Modes of representationLinguistic: 6Linguistic: words, writing
Visual: 6Visual: moving images, photos, drawings
Auditory: 5Auditory: dialogues, discussions
Multiplicity of modes: 4Multiplicity of modes: combination of auditory-linguistic-visual-gaze-touch
Gaze: 2Gaze: directing attention
Touch: 2Touch: touching the screen
ActivitiesSTEM: 5STEM: science
Collaboration: 4Collaboration: shared production
Literacy: 3Literacy: creating e-books
Individual: 3Individual: managing tasks and assignments separately
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