The pages of the article that our group had to read about were from 3-18 and 32-34. We read about the skills needed in a media culture, the overall participation in the culture, the three problems with teaching media literacy, and how to sample media text. I'll talk about the reasons we should be teaching media literacy. Firstly I think that education is going in the direction of learning on the internet using remixes and using social interaction through myspace or facebook. Our class is mainly geared around learnign through these types of media. We use blogs and remixers to learn about the different theories and ideas that are presented to us. We learn through one another by reading others blogs and watching the clips provided. Its essential to teach kids how to use these tools provided to them. Everyone should have access to the internet and should try to learn the different programs on the computer so they won't fall behind in learning. Also I htink that when students learn how to use media in their work, they also need to be wary of Copy rights and that they could get in trouble for not citing their work.
Ok, i know that this video is about copy rights and media literacy, but the professor is on this one. I have to make it work somehow.:P This video is concerned about students using video or materials in their works that are copy righted and how they could get in trouble if they use them. The reason they use the clips is, because the work so well with what they are trying to convey. This is a part of media literacy, because it teaches students how to be wary of copy rights and when it is appropriate to use videos in their work. Copy Rights is a big issue with downloading songs and using other peoples' work in your work. I think this is a big deal when it comes to learning how to use the tools at your disposal and this should be taught to students. I for one, don't know to much about Copy Right laws.
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I believe that it is important as well to have young adults today learn from the very beginning to use the Internet and all that it has to offer, because it is pretty much a necessity in our culture and society nowadays. I think that it only helps young adults to be more creative when it comes to learning and growing, because it allows them to take their learning to a whole different level, beyond just writing down facts and statistics from class and memorizing them. When kids are able to apply what they have learned and use it in such a way as a remix, it can only help them to better understand the material and convey to others the importance of it as well in a creative and expressive manner. In terms of copywriting, it is an issue of importance, but it has almost gotten to an extreme and ridiculous point as discussed in the media clip. It seems as though so many ideas, images, songs, and so on are copyrighted today that anybody could say that anybody else stole an idea from them even if they did not if they had enough evidence to prove it. Just the fact that almost every single song on the charts nowadays has already been recorded before by a previous artist shows that there are only so many ideas and only so many songs and only so many creative ways that we as humans can learn and teach one another, and although it is important to recognize those that we take ideas from, if we are unaware that we are doing so, than it is really out of our hands, because almost everything today to some extent is a copy of something else from the past.
ReplyDeleteI also don't know much about copyright laws. It never was something that I paid much attention to. But with more and more classes (especially this one) using media texts and popular culture to teach and engage us, it definitely seems like something we need to be educated on. I was surprised to see that even some professors didn't realize what they could and could not use when it comes to teaching...
ReplyDeleteI agree that everything seems to be copyrighted nowadays and I completely understand how things can get confusing. As for the fair use laws, it just seems like a very fine line between distinguishing something that is "fair and reasonable" and out of line.
I also agree with Sarah that teaching young people how to be literate is a very important commodity these days with the advnaces in technology and media. People need to learn and be able to adapt to the ever changing world around them, and I think are generation and the generations that come after us are and will be more prepared for media and everyday life. Taking other people's ideas in media and turning them into your own is a good thing it keep their orignal idea alive but it brings it into a new age or nature. It's combinding two of the same things into one masterpiece of and idea I guess. Copyright infringement is series because it effects alot of things, and can land people in much trouble. I think copyrighted music isn't a big deal, but then again I'm not the artist who created them but as long as people are listening to his/her music then they should be thrilled. Copyrighting is everywhere in today's society it's almost impossible to go anywhere without seeing some form of it. I think it's more keeping are past alive through new idea's then anything else, but some people with disagree with me.
ReplyDeleteI agree that it is important for people to correctly cite and use copyrighted material, in the correct and legal ways. I do not think it should be that big of a deal though, when it comes to the youth experimenting and learning. For example, when a child or teenager decides to mess around with a popular song/mp3 and makes a "remix" of some sort with it, he/she should not be penalized for it. If he/she is just doing it for fun and is not making any profit from it, the record companies should leave the child alone. As the article stated, these children are experimenting and creating new media, which is helping them build and learn new tools and skills that they can use in their everyday lives and in their future professions.
ReplyDeleteI believe that copyright laws should be followed, but get extremely confusing and are easy laws to break unintentionally. Copyrighting gives credit to the original artist, but what frusterates me is, the money often gathered from copyrights, albums, and digital music rarely ever actually gets to the individual artist. The music industry is in such shambles that the profits trickle down throughout and rarely get to the person who first created the idea, song, or any other form of creativity. I think that copyrights sometimes limit classroom media learning if the teacher is too wary of copyrights, because, again, the laws are confusing and easily broken. Some teachers may stay away from remixing and using media in the classroom altogether because they want to avoid a lawsuit by all means. Publishing any student's work can get tricky with this as well. Maybe copyright laws should not apply when the goal is learning and education?
ReplyDeleteI think media literacy should be taught in schools but as the article points out there are many things that need to happen within our society before a full media age can be upon us. I also think it is going to take a couple more decades before our society could even think about being completely media literate because not every single generation that is still present in society has been exposed to 21st century mass media their entire lives.
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