Double Entry Journal #7 Teaching Media Literacy

The difference in media literacy skills and traditional literacy skills are vast. media literacy requires the reader to be more involved in the reading, whereas in a textbook, students have only but to read what's in front of them and turn the page.

U.S. students may learn something about evaluating sources in research paper assignments and learn to recognize propaganda in social studies, but that's often the extent of their media literacy instruction.

I agree completely with this quote. I know that when I was in high school, we barely learned how to evaluate sources. We learned much about propaganda, but I can only speak for my school, and I was in higher level classes. Students should have access to classes that teach them more about online tools and how to use the internet in general.

Related Source: 
 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2011/12/how-to-use-google-search-more-effectively/

According to studies done, 3 out of 4 students can't perform effective Google searches. Students aren't taught how to use Google to their advantage, and suffer because of it.

Citation:
Ritholtz, B. (2011, December 03). How to use google search more effectively [Web log message]. Retrieved from http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2011/12/how-to-use-google-search-more-effectively/


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