This article reminds educators that 21st century technology needs to include both textual communication and visual literacy. What does visual literacy look like in your classroom? Are you using any special method to what and how you are trying to teach? If you do not have your own classroom how can you apply this idea of textual communication and visual literacy to your own job?

This article is a great reminder of all of the visual ways we can enhance our classrooms and our jobs. Rene, I started using the text message option (thanks) in my class this week. We will see how it goes. Some of my students are really good with technology and others need more practice. It's a constant dance with them but in the end I know that helping them along and introducing new things will only make them more successful in the future. Lucretia, your travel brochure is a great idea and one I will have to use. I agree that we can say very little with pictures and have the students come up with the ideas and ask the questions! Your avatar and scavenger hunt ideas are also very good and out of the box. I agree that we need to visually engage students in order to allow them to critically think. Long gone are the days of lecture and textbook pictures!