Evolve

"...[the] focal elements of Multiliteracies: the connections being made between linguistic and visual design, and the cross-cultural aspects of meaning making..." "...the purpose of Multiliteracies is to supplement or extend literacy teaching for our new times..."

Putting Multiliteracies to the Test by Bill Cope and Mary Kalantzis http://www.alea.edu.au/multilit.htm

Ok, That wraps it all up for me. Yes, we need to understand the actual media (i.e. when you click control, when you click enter; when you use Skype, when you use Yahoo) But the truely focal elements are wonderfully stated above.

Possibly, the increased difficulty students have in learning is not that they are increasingly lazy, unable to concentrate, undernurished, or even over stressed. Although these are all influencial factors in learning; more probably, today's learners are simply being conditioned to a multiliteral world.

It is more difficult today for learners to absorve information, knowledge, than in the world of 20 or more years ago. Today's is a world where power structures are not as clear as they once were, thus "lack of discipine"; and multitasking is the norm, thus "lack of concentration."

In other words, we are being pushed to be focused on various objectives and not reliant on heirarchies. "Be proactive!" " Be agile!" Is it any wonder today's students can't sit and be quiet; concentrate on their reading; obey the routines?

Cultures evolve. Communication evolves. Teaching must evolve.