"Explicit teaching of 21st-Century literacy metaskills can position students to analyze and evaluate news reporting in today's visually drenched world."
It seems to me that teaching students critical 21st-Century literacy skills will not only better prepare them to "analyze and evaluate" news reporting, but might also cultivate more of an interest in what they read. It seems to me that many times students skim over articles and stories and see them as boring or irrelevant because they don't have the skills necessary to elicit meaning from them. If students are taught how to analyze and evaluate what they read, it will then have meaning to them and they will develop an interest in materials introduced to them in the classroom or online.
Abilock, D. (2003, November/December). A seven-power lens on 21st-century literacy. Multimedia Schools, Retrieved from http://www.noodletools.com/debbie/literacies/newsmedia/PowerLensSingle.pdf
This video explains the meaning of 21st Century Media literacy skills, along with an explanation of how media literacy has historically been handled in the education system. This appears to be a student-created video, however, it is well-made and very informative, although the audio is poor at times.
kfreudiger. (Producer). (2010). Media literacy: 21st century literacy skills. [Web]. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8vqc8RAXSk
You have a strong understanding of how media literacy can support general reading skills!
ReplyDeleteGreat post! It would be great if students took the time to read something instead of skimming over it to get finished.
ReplyDeleteI myself am so guilty of just skimming over articles. I have really had to try and break that habit since I've started graduate school.
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