This document discusses the changing literacy landscape for today's students and how multimedia tools can be integrated into teaching. It notes that today's students are digitally literate and engaged by visual/interactive media more than traditional texts alone. It then provides examples of how tools like video production, Google Apps, digital storytelling and comic creators can be used to develop higher-order thinking skills and make learning more experiential. Specific apps like Photo Story, Movie Maker, iMaps and Google Docs, Sites and Drive are outlined as ways to collaborate, demonstrate comprehension and engage students in the classroom.