Analysis Of The Article 'Making Media Literacy Central To Digital Citizenship'

Since children today have become digital natives; they will never truly know a world that is not touched with technology. This means that the educational paradigm has to shift in order to keep up with the needs of our young learners (Jo, 2016). In the last thirty years, technological advances

Minors thoughts and opinions are often overlooked and neglected due to the fact that they are considered “naive” and “too young to understand.” To illustrate, minors are required to go to school, but have no choice or say in what they learn about. 17-year-old, high school student and One Stone project leader, Kate Simmonds in her TED Talk “I’m 17” argues that students are “expected to absorb it all, take it all in, and be able to run the world someday.” Moreover, the graduated system should be developed because it will give minors an opportunity to vote. Permitting them to vote will allow adolescents thoughts and opinion to be taken serious and make adults listen because they will have input on the future of society. As a result of allowing minors to vote, it will make them more involved and aware of what is happening in the world. Simmonds pleads for a “creative collaboration between adults and students” where “adults listen and respect students ideas” and “students respect and listen to their own ideas.” In short, the new system should be considered as an alternative to the current outdated model for deciding when individuals should be given rights because the graduated system provides minors with a voice—a voice that is

This concept is Loewy’s “‘interdisciplinary curriculum for the digital age,’” and from this, education should change for the better. By highlighting important aspects of the program, Wong shows opposers and concerned parents the solutions to their worries. Danger on the internet will always be present, and it’s all a matter of understanding of how to interact with the internet. If students don’t know how to properly interact on the internet, of course, parents are going to have their concerns. This leads to the “fearmongering and massive information campaigns” over avoiding such issues, which wouldn’t be an issue if covered in school more in-depth. In addition, according to Wong, Loewy’s concept is not the first either, “University of Pennsylvania English Professor Kenneth Goldsmith launched a course [in 2015] called ‘Wasting Time on the Internet,’” where it teaches students how to use technology appropriately, and use it to their advantage of gaining knowledge, rather than wilting it away with societal norms. Therefore, digital citizenship becomes vital if technology is to be a part of education, which Wong thrives in informing her

Our government, taxes, healthcare, security systems, international affairs regulations, and almost every other important system in our society are constantly renovated. Yet the concepts behind our general education structure and focus are rarely questioned seriously, or questioned while keeping science and ethics in mind. As a society, we cannot expect the same, or even more, work from adolescents as we do adults while treating them like they have no sensible autonomy or agency in their lives. Conditioned in this style of schooling, minors do not have the capability to effectively speak up for themselves when they have been taught to follow authority their whole lives. But as time goes on, the high expectations and pressures of students will

Nowadays, in dealing with the rising of the technologies, students need to be encouraged to be ready to obtain lifelong knowledge and skill in the learning environment. The understanding of the concept of digital literacy has to go through long-term development and its current appearance is characterized by complexity and technology skills but also cognitive and attitudinal components of behavior. (Reynolds, 2008 ; Reynolds, 2016) notes that definitions of digital literacy are often skills, and practically in uses of related technologies, thus tethering them to a given historical moment in time. The definition frequently used is a confident and important use of ICT for work, leisure, learning and communication (European Commission, quoted in JISC InfoNet, 2012; Hall, Nix & Baker,

In Tanner Higgin's article, "Making Media Literacy Central to Digital Citizenship," Higgin explains that new technologies such as, VR headsets, do not make their way into the classroom despite the potential benefit. However, students and teachers have utilized video in the classroom for many years. Higgin suggests that students should learn about media literacy in order to become digital savvy citizens, in doing so, will potentially change the world to become more, "thoughtful, inclusive and just." Higgin provides five steps that will aide in molding media literacy into digital citizenship. As students gain knowledge and confidence, and encouraged to create video content about issues that matter to them, they are prepared to challenge any disagreement

We live in a time where technology is constantly advancing, and the media is in every aspect of the typical American’s life. Our parents lived during a time without cell phones or televisions in their homes, their connection to the media was through books, magazines, newspapers, and the radio. As a twenty year old in 2016, I've always had a television, computer, and cell phone in my home, so my connection to the media was though what was on television, movies, video games, music, and many different things on the internet. Growing up I spent a lot of time playing outside and technology wasn’t something that had to be limited because it wasn’t a problem until I was a teenager. Now days it’s rare to come across a child who doesn’t have their own iPad, old smartphone, or a cell phone that is in service. Have you ever thought about how the media influences you, what you watch on television, the music you listen to, your views on certain subjects, when you have a question about something you look it up on the internet; then think about why you lean more

In my future classroom, I will be sure to keep that aspect of relating media to my students’ real-life in mind. Making connections is so important in order to make learning meaningful and to aid in student understanding. It can be so easy to put on a video or link students to an app and assume they will understand the big ideas presented in it. Making a point to discuss the media after it has been used and make connections with it will be vital to my students’

There are numerous layers to understanding the complexities of quality literacy instruction. After reading the text, I soon realized that my knowledge base needed a rapid expansion. Incorporating technology to support instruction is a common practice in education, however I never thought it could be used to introduce new or complex content. The use of videos, coupled with guided instruction, can work as anchors to support students with complex concepts (Gambrell and Morrow). I usually deter away from using technology knowledge in the classroom because students spend so many hours encapsulated with social media outside of the classroom. I will consider changing my practice and incorporate quality videos to support my students learning.

I also noticed the Common Sense Digital Citizenship Curriculum offered resources for parents. These resources are a great way for parents to know how to implement what the students are learning in school at home. If this curriculum was not being taught in the classroom, then parents could make adjustments to the lesson plans in order to teach this information at home. As a parent and future school teacher, I would use the Nearpod lessons that are available on the website along with the lesson plans to teach digital citizenship. The Nearpod lessons are an interactive and fun way for students to learn how to be responsible when using technology.

This episode of, “Last Week Tonight,” showed different examples of digital literacy by showing two different ways of explaining a topic. John Oliver, the talk show host, interviews Edward Snowden, the man who gave secure NSA files to journalists and exposed one of the NSA’s secrets; that they could access our private electronic information like phone calls, and other pieces of information sent via electronics. Mr. Oliver went all the way to Russia to meet Mr. Snowden to ask him various questions about the situation. He tells Snowden that when asked, common people have little to no knowledge of him and the whole scandal. In order for common, regular, everyday people to care about a complex situation like this, it has to be put in a way they

As schools promote 21st-century learning, there has been a push for literacies which encourage students to be 21st-century learners. The two overarching literacies, new and digital, has taken over the three R’s literacy, reading, writing, and arithmetic. New Literacies continuously change due to the new technology emerging providing different ways to get information and communicate with others (Leu et al., 2015). In contrast, digital literacy is the ability to use digital tools to access information for understanding and communication (Jose, 2016). New literacies and digital literacies also differ in aspects of use in the classroom. New literacies are the building blocks for digital literacy; which are the skills students need to understand the internet (Maloy, Verock-O'Loughlin, Edwards, & Woolf, 2017). New literacies can be taught without the use of technology because students are learning to locate, evaluate, synthesize, and communicate information. Teachers can demonstrate these skills using encyclopedias and journal articles to gain a minimalistic comprehension. Once students learn the necessary understanding, teachers can transfer these skills to online which will promote digital literacy; furthermore, digital literacy can only be taught using digital tools. Teachers would teach students how to use computers and the social practices of the new literacies to gain an understanding of the digital literacy (Jose, 2016). Furthermore, digital literacies

The film “ Digital Nation” is an exploration of diverse people's views on digital media, in today's world. Some of the most important topics were on the virtual world, and the pros and cons of technology within different groups like gamers, students, families, teachers, administrators, children, military and businesses, as well as the experience of general people. In the movie, Prof. Sherry Turkle said, “Technology challenges us to assert our human values. Technology is not good or bad, is powerful, and it is complicated which means first we have to figure out what they are”. Currently, technology has taken over, wherever one, goes one will find it. Over the past years, social media in particular have spread worldwide; from Facebook to Instagram. There is constantly something new, extra advanced and creative. Overall, the technology has evolved the way humans interact with each other. In particular, technology influences by motivating students towards learning, saving time, building literacy and communication skills.

Media literacy is defined as "the ability to access, analyze, evaluate, and communicate messages in a variety of forms" (Know TV). In more practical terms, media literacy means questioning the media and interpreting its many messages accordingly. Students are exposed to mass quantities of media on a daily basis. They watch television and movies, read books, newspapers, and magazines, listen to music, and in more recent years explore the Internet. This extreme exposure to media outlets leads to the need for education about the media. Media literacy is one way to help educate students about issues in which they are already actively engaged. Media literacy should be implemented into

The worth of media is a very controversial topic. Media has given us the ability to do things in new and creative ways such as how we learn and accomplish our everyday tasks. However, we do not always know how to interpurate this information. The technology available today is constantly impacting and influencing society in tremendous ways. Many of the impacts that are accocated with media are addressed in negative ways, but can be seen from a positive perspective as well. In the current generation, media and its influences can be found everywhere. These influences widely impact today’s adolescents and maturing teenagers because they are still developing into adults. Medias purpose is not only to inform us, but to allow us to mold ourselves in how we want to be perceived online. Also, it allows us easy access to unbelievable amounts of information. Living in an era known as the “information age” is riveting, but what are we suppose to do with all of this new technology and information?