#literacythroughtechnology

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Young people are constantly bombarded with advertisements, social media post, movies, billboards, and they need the media literacy skills to help understand the messages that these types of media are sending. Once they are able to look at media this way it can lead to improvements in critical thinking skills, and overall improvement in literacy.

Steve Buentello 

While this is true, such initiatives such as the national association for media literacy to provide educators with resources as well as training to improve the level of media literacy of the students. At a collegiate level, universities such as Temple University and the University of Rhode Island are working with K12 teachers to develop curriculum as well as conduct the research to uncover the value of media literacy on a students’ success.

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Teaching media literacy in today’s curriculum can be very benificial, just about every student uses the internet every day in some way shape or form

Steve Buentello 

Being in the 21st century, a society where a majority of an individual’s life is centered around technology, including young individuals, it would only be logical for educators to adapt the new competencies created by a society where technology is a primary source for information as well as communication. 

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Most young people this day in age get their information through a plethora of media and system technologies. It is through these mediums that schools should be trying to capitalize on to teach students literacy skills.

Steve Buentello

As a student, I believe this is true, one example is the way this class is conducted. The professor is able to provide students with a module such as the hasthag compaign, through which the student uses a medium such as tumblr to learn how to improve one’s own literacy skills.