Media Literacy and Your School
In today’s world, we learn so much from the media and technology. We are no longer the “pen and paper” sector that engulfed our schools only a few decades ago. We now learn primarily through sounds, videos, computer programs, television, and various other media forms. We have access to knowledge around the world. But have we mastered media literacy?
Media literacy is ever-changing. However, by incorporating it into our schools, we can engage our students and provide various learning pedagogues to appeal to our diverse students. We can give our students the knowledge and the tools to be actively involved with the world around them. Now if that’s not a good deal, than I don’t know what is.
But the question remains: How can Media Literacy be implemented in the school? First we, as teachers, must be excited and optimistic. Then, we must explore and meet the GPS. We must continually realize that the media is not always beneficial and could perhaps be inappropriate for the classroom. Finally, we can create a reference resource center and network with others around us. Our resources are each other.
The challenge will become especially apparent as you move into the field as a teacher. With many duties and requirements, many teachers feel they can’t teach yet another topic. I think there’s a great opportunity here, however, to take many of the regular elements of an ELA class and examine them through a media literacy focus…
dcrovitz - September 29, 2009 at 5:04 pm |