This article focuses on the relationship between reading/writing and multimedia. Multimedia has a major effect on not only a students reading and writing skills but also their desire to read and write. Many would claim that multimedia and reading/writing are complete opposites and only have negative effects on each other. Or that audio and visuals are going to take the place of written words. Burkdall however feels that we should interconnect both objects. He believes that we should use them together instead of against each other. For example, not everything can be done orally. Whether someone is either giving a presentation or acting in a movie there is always a written script involved. Burkdall feels that "having students create both written and multimedia texts allows them to contrast the effects of their words in a variety of situations." This helps the students to understand things such as diction, register, and transitions in a new way. They can compare the two methods and learn different things from each of them. This is why it is suggested that when one is writing they should read their words aloud to hear how they sound.
Would converting to multimedia texts and eliminating written words be considering degressing back to when things were passed through generations orally?
Do you think we'll ever get to a point where we have the advanced technology and don't have the need for written text anymore?
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