What is Media Literacy and Why is it Important?
1. Media Literacy is understanding how to use, analyze, and create technology.
2. Students encounter media everyday by using the computer, phones, television, books, magazines, and music. Although these are all different types of media, media literacy is presented to students in several areas of their lives. Their ability to use technology outside of school can influence how they look at technology while in school. A student that uses an I pad outside of class would probably be more confident to use an I pad while in the classroom. While the opposite could also be very true as well. Take a student that is willing to learn but does not have the new technology outside of the classroom, they would love to get their hands on an I pad. Teachers need to take the different levels of media literacy students have and make lessons that encourage and challenge students to explore media literacy more.
Media literacy does not only apply to the use technology but also ads in magazines, books, or even billboards. Adds that ruin in magazines for young women are going to be targeted for young women. Seventeen magazine will more likely run adds that have to do with nail polish and clothing rather than display adds that have to do with sporting events. The reason for this is because Seventeen magazine understands their audience and makes an effort to appeal to their interests.
3. 21st century skills are focusing more on the technological aspect of media literacy. While, magazines and books are still active in influencing young adults lives, technology has become a large interest area. More specifically, smartphone, tablets, and computers have seen such great advancements in the past decade that it has not only become a fascination but also way of life. It has become increasingly important to understand how to use these devices in order to be in a position to maintaining the communication between generations. Teachers who are older may be hesitant to adopting the increasing use of technology but by doing so it is a great way to engage students by incorporating their interests with a more modern form of education.
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4. Media literacy is supported in the Common Core Standards because the goal of those standards is to prepare the student as best as possible for high education. Media literacy has become such a vital part of education in today's society that understanding how to be media literate is a very important skill to have. It allows the students to become more versatile and gives individuals the ability to connect
with their teachers and fellow classmates on a level that is interesting to them, allowing them to engage more into what they are learning. Media literacy is also supported by the Common Core Standards because the mission statement addresses that students are learning what is relevant to education in the real world. Technology has become so important and woven into every day life, that it has being increasingly important to educated students about media literacy.
5. Our activity supports media literacy because it asks that student analyze the clip that they are asked to watch and create a poster that reflects what they were able to gather from the video. This requires the students to not only watch the video and understand what is happening. It also demands that they analyze what it happening by using their prior knowledge to help them in their assignment of making a poster. The poster assignment also tests the students ability to apply the knowledge that they already have, combine it with what they have just seen, and portray that image and understand through a poster.
2. Students encounter media everyday by using the computer, phones, television, books, magazines, and music. Although these are all different types of media, media literacy is presented to students in several areas of their lives. Their ability to use technology outside of school can influence how they look at technology while in school. A student that uses an I pad outside of class would probably be more confident to use an I pad while in the classroom. While the opposite could also be very true as well. Take a student that is willing to learn but does not have the new technology outside of the classroom, they would love to get their hands on an I pad. Teachers need to take the different levels of media literacy students have and make lessons that encourage and challenge students to explore media literacy more.
Media literacy does not only apply to the use technology but also ads in magazines, books, or even billboards. Adds that ruin in magazines for young women are going to be targeted for young women. Seventeen magazine will more likely run adds that have to do with nail polish and clothing rather than display adds that have to do with sporting events. The reason for this is because Seventeen magazine understands their audience and makes an effort to appeal to their interests.
3. 21st century skills are focusing more on the technological aspect of media literacy. While, magazines and books are still active in influencing young adults lives, technology has become a large interest area. More specifically, smartphone, tablets, and computers have seen such great advancements in the past decade that it has not only become a fascination but also way of life. It has become increasingly important to understand how to use these devices in order to be in a position to maintaining the communication between generations. Teachers who are older may be hesitant to adopting the increasing use of technology but by doing so it is a great way to engage students by incorporating their interests with a more modern form of education.
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4. Media literacy is supported in the Common Core Standards because the goal of those standards is to prepare the student as best as possible for high education. Media literacy has become such a vital part of education in today's society that understanding how to be media literate is a very important skill to have. It allows the students to become more versatile and gives individuals the ability to connect
with their teachers and fellow classmates on a level that is interesting to them, allowing them to engage more into what they are learning. Media literacy is also supported by the Common Core Standards because the mission statement addresses that students are learning what is relevant to education in the real world. Technology has become so important and woven into every day life, that it has being increasingly important to educated students about media literacy.
5. Our activity supports media literacy because it asks that student analyze the clip that they are asked to watch and create a poster that reflects what they were able to gather from the video. This requires the students to not only watch the video and understand what is happening. It also demands that they analyze what it happening by using their prior knowledge to help them in their assignment of making a poster. The poster assignment also tests the students ability to apply the knowledge that they already have, combine it with what they have just seen, and portray that image and understand through a poster.