Please use some or all of this arguments to make your case for developing a systemic approach to media literacy within your state, district of school building. The working group has compiled a list of helpful resources that will serve as the
data and research to back-up your rationale for this approach. In addition to the media literacy links below, there is a plethora information about
Internet Safety and Security.
Economy is Changing: Workforce Needs are Different“The last few decades have belonged to a certain kind of person with a certain kind of mind – computer programmers who could crank code, lawyers who could craft contracts, MBAs who could crunch numbers. But the keys to the kingdom are changing hands. The future belongs to a very different kind of person with a very different kind of mind – creators and empathizers, pattern recognizers and meaning makers. These people – artists, inventors, designers, storytellers, caregivers, consolers, big picture thinkers – will now reap society’s richest rewards and share its greatest joys.”
Daniel Pink
Additional references:
Students are Technology Savvy, but Not Being Prepared as Critical Thinkers and Effective Consumers of the Increased Amount of Information Available Today Students are Different: Media Saturated
Because of the Internet, kids today are able to multitask like no other generation. But with the frenetic multitasking, comes easy distraction and the shrinking of already-short attention spans.”
Kris Axtman
Media Fluency is an ever changing landscape and is addressed most effectively through consistent, systemic approaches intergrated into curricular areas.
Reasons for Concern Regarding Competitiveness
The long-term opportunities and challenges that the flattening of the world puts before the United States are profound. Therefore, our ability to get by doing things the way we've been doing them -- which is to say not always enriching our secret sauce -- will not suffice any more. ''For a country as wealthy we are, it is amazing how little we are doing to enhance our natural competitiveness,'' says Dinakar Singh, the Indian-American hedge-fund manager. ''We are in a world that has a system that now allows convergence among many billions of people, and we had better step back and figure out what it means. It would be a nice coincidence if all the things that were true before were still true now, but there are quite a few things you actually need to do differently. You need to have a much more thoughtful national discussion.''
Media Literacy Resources
- General Resources
- International Examples
- Journal Articles and Reports
- Keeping Up with Students
- Lesson Plans
- Text Resources
- Research Projects
Professional Organizations Addressing Media Literacy
State Educational Technology Directors Association