Multimedia Literacy

Overtime our concept of literacy has been changing as we develop more with technology. Literacy now includes both words and pictures in the form of multimedia. Now people make exception for multimedia because it’s becoming part of our daily lives.  

The Principles of Design

There are principles to designing a website. According to McClurg-Genevese’s, the principles of design involves balance, rhythm, proportion, dominance, and unity. The successful use of these core ideas will give the website a solid foundation that it can thrive on. The design of a website should have balance which comes in the form of asymmetrical and symmetrical. The article clarifies some of the key components that are involved in designing a good website. 

Writing for the Web

In writing for the web there are many guidelines and rules that an author must adhere to. The writer has to choose a style that will be most effective in getting the message across to the audience. When writing for the web the author has to be mindful of whom the audiences are. The author has to be willing to write at a level that the audience will comprehend. A writer will need to have a purpose for creating the website that he/she will create. Last but not least, a writer has to try and avoid the common problems that may arise in writing.