Contemporary culture has become increasingly dependent on the visual, especially for its capacity to communicate instantly and universally. Advances in technology fueled this shift. Students must learn to cope with and intelligently contribute to a culture rife with easy access to the visually rich Web, photo dependant social networks, video…

For some teachers, the increasing attention to digital and multimodal composing in English and Language Arts classrooms has brought into sharp relief the profession's investment in print as the primary means of expression. Although new forms of communication that combine words, still and moving images, and animation have begun to dominate digital…

Recognizing that all teaching methods have their shortcomings, teachers should be applied theorists of eclecticism (i.e., should view all conceivable approaches to teaching as having validity under certain conditions and toward certain goals) and should cultivate the ability of fitting various teaching formats to the desired pedagogical ends. (MB)