"To be media literate in this new environment, young people need to develop knowledge, values and a range of critical thinking, communication and information management skills - and media education is an essential tool in helping them acquire these skills." (http://www.medialiteracyweek.ca/en/about_overview.htm)
Media Literacy Week is a upon us. Is this something that is advertised at school? school boards? What are you doing to promote media literacy? I think of media literacy as something I try to do every day with my students. I will share the link tomorrow with my students.
Before I swam, I was aware of water but I had to become literate in how to swim with proper training and guidance before I could fully dive in the deep end. Many of our students are aware and already immersed in the new media. So let's be media literacy "swimming" teachers!
The swimming example is from William Kist (2010).
References:
Kist, W. (2010). Chapter 5 "Venti" .The socially networked classroom: teaching in the new media age (p. 99). Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Corwin.
Media Literacy Week | Semaine Education medias. (n.d.). Media Literacy Week | Semaine Education medias. Retrieved November 13, 2011, from http://www.medialiteracyweek.ca
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