Visual Literacy proponent Lynell Burmark explains why the use of images is so important in the classroom and how it can help teachers meet the challenges of getting through the curriculum and engaging ...

The Program for Writing and Rhetoric (PWR) is an innovator in digital composition, combining multi-modal composing, digital information literacy, and on-line and hybrid learning environments in a ...

“About 90 percent of the information people consume is visual,” said John Dony, director of the Campbell Institute. “Taking in that much visual data can lead us to have inattentional blindness – only ...

Multi-modal literacy supports the ability to create meaning through the combination of different modes including written, spoken, visual, audial, spatial, and gestural means. Each mode provides a ...

Since we are ceaselessly consuming tons of photographs in our everyday lives, it is now more important than ever to ask ourselves how they reflect, communicate, and shape cultural meaning. Reading, ...

Connecting writing with media literacy. We routinely connect writing with reading, but how often do you connect writing with media literacy? Children are both consumers and creators of media. Writing ...

Surprising as it may be, Maryann Wolf writes in her book, "Proust and the Squid," it took humans over 2,000 years to learn to read with an alphabet. Today, we expect children to accomplish this skill ...

Examining art history through research and live drawing creates a structured yet creative learning experience. This stream ...

Mirror writing, a phenomenon wherein children produce reversed letters or whole words, is both a normal phase of writing development and a focal point for understanding the interplay between ...