Orchestrating the Media Collage

This is the title of an article that appears in the March 2009 issue of Educational Leadership: Literacy 2.0.  This article talks about how students need to know how to read and write using multiple forms of media.  Writing for the web highlights the importance of written expression by "recasting it in a more compact concise form."  It says blog writing helps people write with clarity, brevity and prioritization. I think students need to have more opportunities to  write.  Then, perhaps they can learn how media techniques influence perception and thinking.  They need to know how to use digital tools like blogs ect, but also when and how to use them.  I have heard some teachers say they would ask students to write more, but don't have time to read their responses.  I had one teacher use my Blackboard site to have students write and she was able to read everything.  Perhaps,  if more teachers had Blackboard sites, they would give students more chances to write.