Visual and Online Literacy

Visual and online literacy can be such a useful tool not only to education, but to the entire world. Having all of these online texts could be a way for students to get ideas out and to share their ideas with the entire world. One of the main problems with writing today is that when text is only found in books it usually is missing that wow factor that is gained through pictures, graphics, videos, etc. Multimedia can solve this problem. There are no limits on what can be done for writing in the classroom with the help of technology. Writing in the classroom should be a collaboration. In today's world we can post so much more than simple text on the internet. Visual documents are all over the internet that included pictures, sounds, videos, and interviews. With the help of the internet students and teachers can gather sources from all over the world and put everything together to create an amazing piece of work, and more importantly enhance the level of education in the classrooms.In the classroom, this in my opinion, could really spark the interests of students. Students could actually be learning how to write like education traditionally teaches, but at the same time add a more interesting factor. I know during high school and even college I was not exposed to all of the ways I could make my writing interesting with visual and audio graphics. I think if schools incorporate writing through online literacy it could teach important skills that students would most definitely use in the future. Because technology use is growing at exponential rates it makes sense to adapt our education around that. Teaching online literacy and multimedia would only enhance students opportunities in such a technology rich world.