College Essay Videos

If you need another reason why visual literacy (both reading and writing non-print texts), here's one: colleges are moving towards video college essays. Here's a story on NPR: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=124628580&ft=1&f=1003

Here's a website that offers advice about "writing" (probably no scare quotes needed) college video essays.

I've also put a copy of a similar story from the Education Week story in my "Department Sharing" folder.

Visual Literacy -- film

I just received a package of materials (DVD, lesson plans, poster) about using Academy-award-winning movies to teach visual literacy. The DVD has selected scenes from a ton of movies -- Fast and Furious, Erin Brockovich, Philadelphia, Harold and Maude, Reber without a Cause, The Nutty Professor, Fast times, Boyz n the Hood (others). Interested in review the materials? Let me know! I'd love for someone to give it a close look.