The Value Of Being A Media & Information Literate Individual
Media & Information Literacy Recognizes The Primary Role f Media & Information In Our veryday ver yday Lives!The Lives!The Pur"ose Of Information Information & Media Literate Literate Is To nga ngage ge In A #igital $ociety% One eeds To Be A'le To (se)(nderstand)In*uire)+reate)+ommunicate And Thin, +ritically! It Is Im"ortant To -ave +a"acity To ffectively Access)Organize)valuate) And +reate Messages In A Variety Of .orms!Information & Media Literacy na'les Peo"le To Inter"ret And Ma,e Informed /udgement As (sers Of Information & Media As 0ell As To Become $,illful +reators & Producers Of Information & Media Messages In Their O1n Right!
To Become A Media Literate Is ot To Memorize .acts Or $tatistics A'out The Media But Rather To Learn)To Raise The Right 2uestions A'out 0hat 3ou Are 0atching)Reading)Or Listening To And To Be Information Literate A Person Must Be A'le To Recognize 0hen Inform Inf ormati ation on Is ee eeded ded & -av -ave e The A'i A'ilit lity y To Loc Locat ate) e)val valuat uate)A e)And nd (se ff ffect ective ively ly Th The e eeded Information!$tudents Are o Longer Limited To The #es,to" +om"uter!$tudents (se Mo'ile Technologies To 4ra"h A Mathematical Pro'lem)Research A 2uestion .or $ocial $tudies)Te5t Message An 5"ert .or Information As 0ell As $end -ome1or, To A #ro" Bo5!Media & Information Literacy Therefore Is A'out -el"ing $tudents Become +om"etent) +ritical) +riti cal) And Liter Literate ate In All Media .orm .orms s $o That They +ontrol The Inter Inter"reta "retation tion Of 0hat They $ee Or -ear Rather Than Letting The Inter"retation +ontrol Them!
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Chapter 1. What Is a Literate Individual? Being a literate person today means more than being able to read and write. In a world diverse with cultures, print texts, media, and technologies, a literate person needs to possess certain speciic capabilities. Let!s thin" about the daily literacy#related practices o a typical adolescent $we!ll call him %aul&.
%aul wa"es up to the sound o his smartphone!s alarm. 'e pic"s it up and chec"s the time. (hen he reads and responds to any e#mails and text messages that came in overnight. ) game or two on his screen may tempt him to stay on his phone a bit longer. %aul goes on *aceboo", scrolls through his riends! statuses, +li"ing+ and commenting, and then posts a status o his own. Instagram is next, where he loo"s at his riends! pictures, comments, and maybe posts a picture or two saved on his phone. (hen %aul ires up his tablet, drops in on a ew dierent websites, and scans the day!s headlines to catch up on the news and last night!s scores. Both in school and while doing his homewor", %aul uses digital tools and de vices to complete assignments. 'e navigates the Internet to locate reliable websites or inormation and reads a diverse variety o online textssome that he inds or chooses himsel, and others that are provided or curated by his teachers. )s his teachers re-uire, %aul synthesies the inormation he inds, identiying text#based evidence that he!ll go on to cite, and he selects the product ormat best suited or his goals $e.g., a multimedia presentation, a short digital movie, a wi"i, role#play, a discussion, an essay&. 'e shares his wor" with an audience o diverse peers, some o whom are /ust learning 0nglish, some o whom come rom cultural bac"grounds very dierent rom his own, some o whom seem to learn much more easily than he does, and some o whom are pursuing goals set out or them in individual education plans. %aul and his classmates give eedbac" on one another!s wor" and share their ta"es on classroom con tent in all "inds o learning arrangements, rom partner wor" to small groups to the whole class. 'is ater#school circle is similarly diverseall "inds o "ids meeting up in person or online to explore and pursue expertise in sports, music, gaming, and other areas o interest. %aul!s lie is all about ta"ing in inormation, relecting on it, sharing it, connecting with others, and communicating about what he!s seen, read, thought about, experienced, and elt. 'ow does this portrait connect with what it means to be a student who meets rigorous academic standards and is college and career ready? )n expanded overview o the seven capa cities o the literate individual $CLI&, paraphrased rom their presentation in the Common Core tate tandards $CCI, 2314&, will shed some light on ho w %aul exhibits next generation literacy. 1. Literate individuals demonstrate independence with text. (hey can, independently, with little guidance rom teachers and peers, comprehend varied, complex print and digital texts, communicate and build on others! ideas, and understand and apply academic and discipline#speciic vocabulary and conventions o 0nglish. (hey "now how to use strategies and employ them when necessary to comprehend texts and apply literacy "nowledge and s"ills. 2. Literate individuals build strong content knowledge. (hey ac-uire and share "nowledge o sub/ect matter through reading, writing, and spea"ing as well as research and study. (hey read and understand discipline#speciic texts and become experts in the content. 5. Literate individuals respond to varying demands of audience, task, purpose, and discipline. (hey set and ad/ust their communication in relation to audience, tas", purpose, and discipline. (hey understand how words aect meaning in writing and in
speech, depending on the audience and the purpose, and how dierent disciplines call or providing dierent types o evidence. 6. Literate individuals comprehend as well as critique. (hey understand and can explain what writers, spea"ers, and visual and mixed media creators are saying through their texts, but they also "now how to analye and examine these texts critically. (hey -uestion an author!s assumptions and biases and evaluate the veracity and logical reasoning o the claims. 4. Literate individuals value evidence. (hey can cite evidence to support their interpretation o text, both verbally and in writing. (hey also communicate their reasoning eectively and "now how to evaluate the reasoning and arguments o others. 7. Literate individuals use technology and digital media strategically and capably. (hey employ technology thoughtully and eectively and can determine which media are best suited or their communication goals. (hey also synthesie inormation ound through various media and technologies. 8. Literate individuals come to understand other perspectives and cultures. (hey encounter perspectives and ways o lie that are dierent rom their own through reading, writing, and listening, and they are able to wor" and communicate eectively with peers o diverse bac"grounds. (hrough reading multicultural literature, they have new experiences that expand their cultural understanding and sensitivity. Achieving Next Generation Literacy
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The Im"ortance of Being Information Literate by Brandi Scardilli Posted On March 6) 7869
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Because being media literate means being able to access, analyze, and evaluate information, which we receive through media. Being media literate means being able to create media messages and to use the technology tools available to us. It means being able to think critically and speak confidently.
Remarks at CML's Friendraising Breakfast, November 14, 2000.
Why is 9edia Literacy Important? ) %ersonal :iew
By Tessa Jolls
Looking at this adien!e f"" of m# friends and of s$$orters of the Center, and % fee" ver# hmb"e. &nd gratef" to be here ith #o, and to kno that #o are here be!ase #o ant to see the Center s!!eed ith or ver# im$ortant mission of s$reading the message of media "itera!#. %'ve be!ome im$assioned abot that mission, to the $oint here m# !hi"dren are sa#ing, ()h Mom* &"" #o !an think abot is media "itera!#*( &nd m# friends are ro""ing their e#es. +o in ree!-ng abot hat to share ith #o toda#, % de!ided to ste$ ba!k and ask m#se"f, (h# is media "itera!# so im$ortant to me/ h# do % !are so m!h, and fee" so strong"# abot it/( +evera" themes !ame $ for me, that % !onne!t ith ver# dee$"#. he rst is that % be"ieve in freedom, and m# e$erien!es te"" me t hat freedom is fragi"e, and !an !ome at a ver# high $ri!e. hen % as groing $, the men that % "oved ere a"" ar veterans and orking men. % am the daghter of a or"d ar %% veteran. M# father served in the 3a!i! eet, and % s-"" remember ho he m$ed vio"ent"# if % to!hed him as he s"e$t, and ho his nightmare !ries some-mes oke me $ at night. +e!ond, % be"ieve in e5a"it#. % kno hat it is to fee" "ess than e5a" be!ase % as born a gir" !hi"d 6 and thogh % de!ided "ong ago that, "ike the 1780's song said, (% 9no# Being a :ir",( it asn't a"a#s that a#. hird, % be"ieve in taking res$onsibi"it#. % am a orking gir", and a"a#s have been, sin!e % as 1; #ears o"d, hen % started bab#siniversit# of %""inois in Cham$aign >rbana. %'ve "earned that kno"edge is $ oer, in the best sense of the ord. & nmber of #ears ago % he"$ed fond an investor !"b for a gro$ of omen here in Los &nge"es. %t has been one of the most rearding e$erien!es %'ve ever had. None of s in the investor !"b h ad e$erien!e in the sto!k market. Bt toda#, some of these same omen are hand"ing their on $or?o"ios, and even the $or?o"ios for their fami"#. &nd #o've never seen a gro$ more $rod of the mone# e've earned* +ome of m# $artners are here toda#, and % !an't begin to thank them enogh* :ir"s, % o"d never have stdied the nan!ia" $ages a"one* Free Your Mind! Express your View! +o hat has a"" this to do ith media "itera!#/ o m# a# of thinking6ever#thing. Be!ase being media "iterate means being ab"e to a!!ess, ana"#@e, and eva"ate informa-on, hi!h e re!eive throgh media.
Being media "iterate means being ab"e to !reate media messages and to se the te!hno"og# too"s avai"ab"e to s. %t means being ab"e to think !ri-!a""# and s$eak !ondent"#. %f e have these media "itera!# ski""s, e are ab"e to free or minds. e are ab"e to make or on dgments and !hoi!es. &nd e are ab"e to e$ress or on vies !rea-ve"# and eAe!-ve"#. o me, having a media "iterate so!iet# is the essen!e of having a demo!ra-! so!iet# and a market6based e!onom#. %t is the essen!e of having the abi"it# to both enhan!e and $rote!t or $re!ios freedoms. %t $resmes that e, the $eo$"e, are smart and !a$ab"e and res$onsib"e. %t reinfor!es that e$e!ta-on that, if e are res$onsib"e, others sho"d eer!ise res$onsibi"it#, as e"". %t assmes that "earning is a "ife"ong $ro!ess that doesn't st take $"a!e throgh tetbooks or in !ertain demogra$hi! areas. Media "itera!# is the gi that % ho$e e !an give orse"ves and $ass to or !hi"dren, as the# seek to take their $"a!e in or so!iet#. M# hsband om and % have to !hi"dren 1; and 10. &s % see them gro and deve"o$, % fee" strong"# that media "itera!# is something the# need to "ive s!!essf""# in or or"d toda#. Media "itera!# is something % ant them to have 6 and that as hat drove m# de!ision to rst get invo"ved ith the media "itera!# $rogram Fr. Bi"" Der@e started at )r Lad# of Ma"ib s!hoo", and hi!h "-mate"# "ed to m# oining the Center. % be"ieve that the varios !areer and "ife e$erien!es %'ve had have "ed me to this !ase and to this da#, and % sin!ere"# ho$e that % !an !ontribte m# sma"" $art to the s!!ess of this mission of media "itera!#. %'m gratef" for this o$$ortnit# to be of servi!e. hank #o for #or s$$ort. &nd thank #o for #or generosit#.
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