Double Journal Entry #6

Seven Power Lens on 21st Century Literacy

Quote:

"The tools of visual, media, and information literacy must be taught in school because they will (or wont) be used at home"

Reaction:

I think this statement is not only true of using the tools of literacy but of any skill a student can learn. Student's will learn for themselves how they feel comfortable doing any task. This includes how they surf the web for information. Just like our teachers had to teach us to analyze symbolism and rhetoric in books, we as teachers of 21st century learners need to teach our students how to analyze critically the information they obtain on the Internet.
As a future Social Studies teacher, I know it is my job to create citizens and teach citizenship in my classroom. An informed citizen in one who can be critical of the information and visual images being shown to him or her. Being able to critically analyze information is a skill, like many others, that needs to be taught to be understood completely. It is our duty as teachers to make sure students are well informed at school and in the real world. Teaching information and visual literacy skills is something we should take seriously if we expect to create an informed and critical future generation.

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This photo is just a funny and cute way of saying that students begin using the Internet and scanning information on the Internet at an early age. To help these students gain the right idea from the images they are seeing they need to learn how to be critical thinkers. It is our job as teachers to help students learn these skills.

Citation:

 

"baby on the computer - Bing Images." Bing. N.p., n.d. Web. 29 Sept. 2011. <http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=baby+on+the+computer&view

 

Abilock, D. (2003, Nov. - Dec.). A Seven-power Lens on 21st Century Literacy. Multimedia Schools, 1, 30-35.