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We need to look at the whole world of communication in a more complete way. We need to take art and music out of "the arts class" and put it into the English class. For instance, the various forms of communication form a circle. On one end of this circle is math, the least emotional of all forms of communication. It's very strict and very concise, and has a very precise way of explaining something. Then you start moving around the circle, and you get to the other end, where we have music, which primarily appeals to your emotions, not to your intellect. So, in this great circle of communication, you go from the emotional end of music and painting and art -- the visual forms of communication -- to the written communication and spoken communication. Finally, you end up at math, which is the most precise. It forms a beautiful circle of communication. But it's all part of the same circle. All these forms of communication are extremely important, and they should be treated that way. Unfortunately, we've moved away from teaching the emotional forms of communication. But if you want to get along in this world, you need to have a heightened sense of emotional intelligence, which is the equal of your intellectual intelligence. One of my concerns is that we're advancing intellectually very fast, but we're not advancing emotionally as quickly.

hey need to understand a new language of expression

We need to play with media to become more effective communicators

As you learn to play with digital text, images, audio and video, you will communicate more creatively and flexibly with a wider variety of options

Although written primarily for educators, anyone who is interested in learning more about digital communication will learn something new from this book. As children, we learn to progressively make sense of our confusing world through play. The same dynamics apply to us as adults communicating with new and different media forms.

he mass media has at least three important roles to play: to inform, to educate and to influence opinion.

is changing the participation habits of the audiences.

Mass media enables people to participate in events and interact with communities over long distance.

reading and writing will most likely remain at the heart of standard literacy education, educators should reconsider what it means to be literate in the technological age

students benefit from learning in ways that allow them to participate fully in public, community, and economic life.

Anyone who has suffered through an 8pt text-jammed PowerPoint presentation can recognize the delicate balance between verbal and visual

Make Your Grandparents Proud

I saw a banner posted in the hallway of an elementary school this week that read, “Is This Your Best Work? Make Your Grandparents Proud.”

this school community is helping children build habits of meaningful self-reflection and consistent good effort, and teaching them to show and share pride in their learning.

e disposable cameras to capture instances of when they used literacy at home.

exploring and adding to knowledge

Literacy” usually means the ability to read and write

, but it can also refer to the ability to “read” kinds of signs other than words — for example, images or gestures

Visual literacy is the ability to see, to understand, and ultimately to think, create, and communicate graphically.

Visual Literacy, “a person’s ability to interpret and create visual information—to understand images of all kinds and use them to communicate more effectively,

efines visual literacy as “a learned skill, not an intuitive one. It doesn’t just happen. O

When we teach for visual literacy, we involve children in thinking about and expressing in images what is often beyond linguistic capabilities

Share student work.  Parents don’t go to a Christmas Concert to see the teacher; they go to see their child.  If you give them opportunities to see different work from students, they are more likely to be interested in the places you are communicating then by simply posting homework assignments.  Make opportunities for parents to look at the learning and creation that is happening in schools to make it more meaningful for them.