Teaching Media Literacy

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.