For this class we were to respond to the following question; ”What are the new media literacies, and how should teachers and/or schools address these?”
The New Media Literacies (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEHcGAsnBZE) according the video is a set of skills you need to deal with our culture to function in the media environment. The skills mentioned are; judgement, negotiation, appropriation, play, transmedia navigation, simulation, collective intelligence, performance, distributed cognition, individualization and multi-tasking.
I think that key factor in how teachers and schools need to address these skills is to learn about them. We need to learn the language in order to be able to effectively describe or teach to students the skill that is being used. These skills allow us to creatively express who we are. Facebook is an example of this expression. They view who we are as people. It allows us to interact together in a larger environment other than individually.
Overall, we need to learn about the new tools and sites that are out there to effectively teach our students the skills they need in order to actually use a program.
I agree that technology is a new medium in which to communicate. I think that it is important to realize that it is also a medium that not only can allow personal expression on one’s true self, but it also a medium in which people can express a false self. Just as Alec discussed Milli Vanilli, people need to be able to distinguish the deeper meaning in the output! Who are people really, I posted a comment on Facebook a while back, “I hope that everyone is as happy as they look”. It seems as though we can put forward an image online, but we need to be keen at detecting the truth behind what is being portrayed. Yes, students need to be aware of the Milli Vanilli’s out there and know how to interpret online content. Thanx, Bettina