By Peter Y. Chou, WisdomPortal.com

Read two articles on Multimedia Text Sets— 1) Kate Petty's "Multi-Media Text Sets (MMTS)" (3 pages) 2) Jennifer Wolfe's "Student Engagement with MultiMedia Text Sets (17 pages) In the discussion please share (a) have you seen, completed, or created a Multi-Media Text set before? If so, in what scenario (school, work, etc), what topic? (b) If you have not completed one, please answer how this could be beneficial for learning. How does this or could this help learners today? Discussion: I have not heard of Multi-Media Text Sets before this LINC 62 assignment. I agree with Kate Petty that "students going to one app for 5 minutes and another app for another 5 minutes". This shows their attention span are quite short. A Healthline article on "Causes of a Short Attention Span" says "People with a short attention span may have trouble focusing on tasks for any length of time without being easily distracted." Some may be due to Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Mary Oliver writes in "The Summer Day"— "I don't know exactly what a prayer is. / I do know how to pay attention". Because she is so attentive, her poems are exquiste and enlightening about nature. I recall poet John Ciardi's first words in his March 19, 1972 talk on "Dante's Divine Comedy"— "A man is defined by his attention. Dante's attention was God. That's why he experienced Paradise." (Poem).     I've used "Earth in Action" as a template to create "Response to Platonic Lambda Λ". On the left column: Text/Media, on the right column: Reader's Response. To engage students, listed poems to read concerning the Soul; Listen to mountain music; Explore Coast Redwood on Nature Hikes; Watch Mickey in "Sorcer's Apprentice" wearing a Λ-shaped Wizard Hat; Wonder at "Walking Man" and Leonardo's "Nose" shaped like Λ whenever we're walking and breathing; and ponder on the Colliding Galaxies with similar Λ-shape as when God created the "Soul of the Universe"     I've used Wolfe's "Risk & Exploration" for "Multimedia Text Set" that is more expansive. I feel that Multi-Media Text Sets are valuable instructional tools to help students focus on topics that will lead them to explore further. This is the purpose of education for the enlightened mind.