Salazar,Bismarck John Z.
XI – Mendeleev January 13, 2017
Reflection on Media and Information Literacy
I learned a lot of things about using the media as medium and practice for my
freedom of speech in information literacy. I would like to thank you, Mr.Opiana for
incorporating fun activities like showing video clips to help the students necessarily
learn something new even though this course is new for you ,and we also know it is
have . this paper contains information about what I have learned for this term.
Information and media literacy (IML) enables people to interpret and make
informed judgments as users of information and media, as well as to become skillful
creator-journalists of information and media contents in their own right. Empowerment
of people through Media and Information Literacy (MIL) is an important prerequisite
acquiring proper access to information and knowledge and promoting responsible,
independent and pluralistic media and information systems. MIL recognizes the primary
role of information and media in our everyday lives. It focuses on the core of freedom of
expression and information - since it empowers citizens to understand the functions of
media and other information providers, to critically evaluate their content, and to make
informed decisions as users and producer of information and media content.
Language and Reading is generally defined as a medium used to communicate
in which sounds and symbols convey information. The people of the digital era can
communicate fluently with digital devices and convey information in a way that was
impossible without digital devices. People born prior to 1988 are generally referred to as
Digital Immigrants. They speak with accents and experience difficulty programming
simple devices like a VCR. Digital Immigrants do not start pushing buttons to make
things work. Learning a language is best done early in a child's development like
learning media as they are both mediums of information.
Many students are considered illiterate in media and information because of various
reasons. They may not see the value media and information literacy in the 21st century
classroom. Others are not aware of the emergence of the new form of information
because technology is not available to them. Educators such as teachers need to
introduce MIL to these students to help them become media and information literate.
Very little changes would be made if the educators are not supporting Information and
Media Literacy in their own classrooms.
Performance standards, the criteria to support them, and tools to implement them are
readily available. Success will come when there is full implementation and equitable
access is established. Shared vision and goals that focus on strategic actions with
measurable results are also necessary.
In general, many students are better networked through the use of technology
than most teachers and parents. Teachers and parents may not understand the abilities
of technology. Students are no longer limited to the desktop computer. Students use
mobile technologies to graph a mathematical problem, research a question for Social
Studies, text message an expert for information as well as send homework to a drop
box. Students are accessing information by using Web browsers, personal Web pages,
Weblogs and social networking sites.
