The Arts, New Literacies, and Multimodality

     I enjoyed reading this article.  I found it interesting the way literacy was redefined.  Educators should be prepared to teach students how to view and use multimedia texts in the world.  Students do learn more about literacy outside of school.  They learn from their surroundings.  The arts allows students to express themselves in different ways.  Social literacy is very important in a child's literacy development.  Students need to collaborate with one another.  This builds literacy and social skills.  The arts also engages the students into learning.  They feel a part of the arts and makes it about themselves.
     Reading about aesthetics education was interesting.  Aesthetics education allows students to be their own person and feel confident.  Aesthetics education also gives students the tools to recognize, notice, reflect, and appreciate education and their surroundings.  Reflecting is very important for students and educators.  I agree that students need to find a significance of education to appreciate it.  Children need to be allowed to be creative and have their own style.  Art is interesting because it does not have a single definition.  It can be interpreted in different ways.  Art is excellent for all types of learners.
     New literacy studies allow students to use different styles of technology.  This is very important since it is the 21st century.  Multimedia allows a wide range of communication throughout the world.  All is at our finger tips.