When and where did I find the word: Media Literacy was part of the reciprocal teaching reading for the presentation this week. The article was Orchestrating the Media Collage: Being able to read and write multiple forms of media and integrate them into a meaningful whole is the new hallmark of literacy.” (Ohler, 2009)
Ohler, J. (2009). Orchestrating the Media Collage: Being able to read and write multiple forms of media and integrate them into a meaningful whole is the new hallmark of literacy. Journal of Educational Leadership. 8-13.
What it means: According to Ohler (2009), media literacy is the ability to recognize, evaluate, and apply the techniques of media persuasion.
Level of Familiarity: I have never heard of the formal definition of media literacy before reading this article. This is however is a very important word to know especially when considering how our students are growing up in a multi media generation. They have to not only know how to read media, but also how to evaluate and write media.
Do I want to know this word well and tell why? As explained above, I am teaching students how to be successful in the world that we live in and one part of that is teaching students how to read, write and evaluate media.
Do I think others should know this word well....if so who and why? Teachers should know this word well, they need to know how to teach and bring into their classrooms multi media. Teachers need to give students as much exposure to multi media as possible, and show them how to read and evaluate it for usability.
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