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I found this Journal through ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center). 

Journal Record (on ERIC)

English Journal, Vol. 100, No. 5, May 2011 (many things to look at)

"Multimodal Literacies in the Secondary English Classroom" was the article I read- it opens as a .pdf.

 

"...we took traditional student activities and reformatted them so students could present their assignments multimodally.  One such example is our podcasting assignment.  To provide extended practice of tested literary terms, we developed an activity where students create public service announcements (PSAs) for their classmates. Grouped into pairs, students are assigned a literary term and are tasked to create a short radio commercial aimed at teaching their peers the term."

 

It's an easy read and it's five pages (really, just over four pages and a lot of sources).  Check it out!