Media literacy is defined as the ability to examine, evaluate, and create information in various media forms. Information literacy is the ability to interpret and make judgments on information received from the media, and be able to use that information for one's own purpose. Media and information literacy as a whole is the ability to understand and participate in today's digital society. Class assignments allowed us to review hypermedia and multimedia, as well as review how to find important information on a website.
Media and information literacy is very important to my field (elementary education) because it is a vital skill that I need to teach to my students. They will grow up in an even more technological society than I did, and they need to be taught how to properly use media and how to evaluate the information they will come across. As their teacher I need to make sure that they are literate in more ways than one.
This YouTube video shows how teenagers are bombarded with media images, and how that can affect them. I chose this video because is students are media literate they will be better able to properly evaluate the images they are constantly exposed to. Part of my responsibility as a teacher will be to prepare them to participate in our media dominated world and evaluate the information they receive.
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