Quote: " Schools in the United States generally have lagged behind (Hobbs & Frost, 2003). 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. Even though students are spending more and more time on the Internet and teachers increasingly expect their students to do assignments online, digital media literacy skills are vastly underrepresented in the curriculum for all but the most advanced students (as, indeed, are offline critical-thinking and reading-comprehension skills)."
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I know that our education system is lagging behind other countries, especially in technology and knowing that scares me. What were to happen if another country became so advanced and we’re still stuck back in the “old” technology times? I really believe that teachers need to understand how much of an impact it plays on our society now and how important it is. Sure, children use internet and all the cool gadgets that are available now but teacher shouldn't assume that students know what they are doing. They need to be taught the right way to use technology and all the amazing things that can be done! We shouldn’t be scared of it, we should embrace it because technology has brought us so far, we don’t want to be left behind.
This picture shows how technology can be used in the classroom.
Resources:
David, Jane L. "Educational Leadership:Literacy 2.0:Teaching Media Literacy." Membership, Policy, and Professional Development for Educators – ASCD. 2011. Web. 07 Oct. 2011.http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational-leadership/mar09/vol66/num06/Teaching-Media-Literacy.aspx.Picture of students on the computer:
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The fact that we are behind most countries in the technology department scares me too! How are we supposed to keep up with the world and educate our children properly if we can't keep up with teaching technolgy.
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