Post 10

It is almost impossible to go an entire day without coming into contact with some type of electronic device. The world is immersed in the ever-changing world of technology, and this is just the beginning.  Unfortunately older techniques have fallen to the waste-side and to be innovative, you must be using technology.  Smart phones and ipods have taken over every day life, and this is shaped how I write.  With the amount of technology we have at our disposal, it would be hard not to change the way we write.  There is a high demand for internet based projects, and visual aids as opposed to simply a well written story.   Since the invention of word processing programs like Microsoft Word, there is much less emphasis on the quality of writing, and more emphasis on the visual aspects that accompany a piece.
In the "Future of Literacy", the author points out that importance of composing pieces that are not strictly words.  Today, there is an added pressure to compose videos and sounds, to enhance a publishers message.  For school, I am constantly composing projects with visual aids and creative videos because that is what people are interested in.  Technology is taking over, and I think people are much less interested in the written language.  It is unfortunate because writing with simply words can sometimes tell a better story than a visual aid.