Project Title: Teaching Learners to Read for Meaning | Teacher Development Multimedia Presentation

The Challenge

Many teachers encounter difficulties in supporting learners to move beyond surface-level decoding toward deep reading comprehension. Instruction often prioritises fluency over meaning-making, resulting in learners who can read text but struggle to interpret, analyse, and engage critically with it.

The Solution

I designed an interactive multimedia presentation aimed at supporting teacher development in reading instruction. The resource integrates structured comprehension strategies with multimodal elements, including visual design and embedded video, to model effective practices for teaching reading as a meaning-making process.

Instructional Design Strategy

• Balanced Literacy Approach: The presentation integrates decoding, vocabulary, and comprehension strategies to support holistic reading development.
• Multimodal Learning: Visuals, text, and video are combined to demonstrate instructional strategies and enhance teacher engagement.
• Gradual Release of Responsibility: Strategies are modelled through “I do, We do, You do” to support effective classroom implementation.
• Cognitive Strategy Instruction: Focus on predicting, questioning, clarifying, and summarising to strengthen comprehension skills.
• Teacher-Centred Professional Development: Content is designed to be practical, classroom-ready, and directly transferable to teaching practice.

Tools Used

• Canva: For structured visual design and presentation development.
• YouTube: For embedding video-based demonstrations and explanations.
• Multimedia Integration: To combine visual, auditory, and textual elements for effective knowledge transfer.