Give a person a fish and you feed them for a day; teach that person to use the Internet and they won't bother you for weeks. -Author Unknown
Though at times a bit confusing, the article, Critical Visual Literacy: Multimodal Communication emphasizes the importance of the author/reader being critically literate through the use of multimodal techniques. From what I could gather, this means that in our new world of communication, it is no longer enough to compose a text to be read using a book or magazine format. In this day and age, much information is provided by means of technology, such as the computer. Computer users must be knowledgeable and well-skilled in programs, websites and other online tools in helping them compose and read their texts. In the process of doing so, they must use their knowledge and skills in becoming critical writers, thinkers, and analyzers of their works of literacy.
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Thank you for your post. I found this article some what "dry" to read. Although some of the points being made were valid. I had to really sit there and take some time out to think/process what was being discussed. After referring to your post though, I have found some clarity with the article.
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