Media literacy seems to be one of the newest hot topic buzz words in education. It is evident that the recent explosion of image based technologies has had a huge impact on our everyday lives, and brain development of our students is even being affected on both conscience and subconscious levels. We process visual information 60,000 times faster than textual information. Traditional methods of teaching from a book are clearly needing to be re-evaluated in favor of more current forms of communication that better fit the emergence of new technologies.
Currently, our students are already being bombarded with media images. From commercials to the Internet, media images flood our lives and the lives of our students. As educators, we have the responsibility to help our students to effectively analyze and evaluate the things that they are seeing, hearing and experiencing from media. Taken from an article written by Phillip Seymour, it is stated that media literacy generally encompasses three basic elements:
1. Develop analytical and critical thinking skills in students proproviding them with the skills to positively interact with all media, from newspapers to the Internet.
2. teaching visual literacy skills that enables students to create media that accurately reflects their communication skills in and out of school.
3. Infusing technology and media with core school curriculum.
Today's workforce needs people that are technologically literate and can respond to innovations and change. Technology is creating a sweeping change in the way we live, understand and communicate with the world. It is essential for us to prepare our students to navigate this change by providing them with the best knowledge available to us.
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