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• and the second dimension of literacy a stringing together of words to form a complete thought. The third dimension of literacy is a visualization of a complete thought: it takes those strung-together words and adds a sensory component using audio and video elements.
• Typically we think about literacy as the ability to not only absorb the ideas of others (reading) but to communicate our own thoughts and ideas (writing).
• The classic essay transforms into a documentary film and the short story or creative writing project becomes a narrative/silent/experimental film.
• Not only do we need to become skilled at teaching it, but teaching with it. This book will show you how to do it!
• When video and media are integrated only as receptive tools and without giving students the chance to produce their own videos,