I am in a computer 'enhanced' English class. The Cal State University
has developed the Technology Infrastructure Initiative to better
prepare the student because technology has been assimilated into our
culture. With this movement, it basically states that computers must
be used with all types of teaching including English. I need to find
out what are some ways that we can cover Marshall McLuhan's theory of
media while still including some form of digital literacy in order to
cover all other literacies. Vzones.com has been one of the approaches
that our professor has looked at but unfortunately I think that there
must be something better than that. It does a good job demonstrating
visual (semiotics), typographic (chatting), and digital literacies but
lacks a certain realism aspect as that virtual world seems very
unprofessional. There are other types of programs like there.com but
systems like that require you to have an overwhelmingly powerful
computer and other systems like IRC do not demonstate semiotics as
well as Vzones. I will give a generous tip for an insightful, helpful,
relatively quick answer.