Over a period of time, dramatic changes have occurred in the amount of information that has become available, the nature of information tools that have evolved and the speed of communication.

The print media, cinema, radio, television, telephones have all played a significant part in peoples lives and changed the way they receive information and respond to it. In schools the multi media presentations have become the norm and in many instances have replaced, “chalk and talk”. Computers and internet have revolutionized the process. Such modern means of communication are developing their own “lingoes”.

There are three main worries about this. One is whether the writer and reader (or the speaker and the listener) are tuned to each other. Other wise what is given and what is understood may be different. The second worry is whether the speed of communication is much faster than the speed of assimilation. This mismatch requires additional technologies for storage and retrieval. A third one is information overload.

Admittedly, we can not put the clock back but we should think and develop strategies for coping up with these problems.

This session will show teachers how to use technology to connect concepts and skills in language to science and vice versa. Taking a Language across the Curriculum Approach, the session will show teachers specific metacognitive strategies that can be taught and reinforced through a multiliteracies approach.