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One of the greatest attractions of using digital technology to teach writing is the opportunities it offers for multimedia writing.  Multimedia writing starts with writing text, and then uses a combination of text, images, audio and/or video to illustrate the story and/or enhance the viewer's experience of it.  The information presented in each medium is complementary, not redundant, so that different parts of the story are told using different media. 

Using multimedia is a great way to engage students in many of the disciplines of writing. It also often entices the less engaged student to participate. Among the attributes of a multimedia project are these: