Media Literacy

>>The relationship between media literacy skills and traditional literacy skills is that students are pulling information from reading sources. Whether it be a book, or an internet web page, they are still learning and taking in information. 


QUOTE:
 "In a 2005 survey of 7th graders in urban Connecticut middle schools and rural South Carolina schools, roughly one-third of the students reported that they were required to use the Internet for a school assignment at least once a week (Internet Reading Research Group & New Literacies Research Team, 2006)."

RESPONSE:
I feel as though I can relate to this quote. I feel as though the longer I am in school, the more I am on the internet. Whether it be researching, blogging, or just checking e-mail, I am normally required by school to be online.  Sometimes this can be difficult because my internet, or web-pages can be down, but I always try to find a way around my problems, even if it means being a little late. Yes it is nice to have books, they are still very important, but I feel as though there is much more information on the internet. You can view so much more than you can in a simple text book. The internet and technology of computers is growing vastly. I even post blogs from the internet on my cell phone. It s very efficient, and so easy to do, I love it! It is very important to be up to date in this quick changing world, no one has time to fall behind. I feel as though we all should be trained to a certain extent when it comes to technology, and media literacy.

David, J. (2009). Teaching media literacy. (6 ed., Vol. 66, pp. 84-86). Retrieved from http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational-leadership/mar09/vol66/num06/Teaching-Media-Literacy.aspx