The new media literacies project is a research initiative based within MIT's Comparative Media Studies program. It explores how we can best equip young people with social skills and cultural competencies required to become full participates in an emergent media landscape and raise public understanding about what it means to be literate in a globally interconnected, multicultural world. Anyone can join and summit ideas, videos, or other type of work to a learning library.
Media is now incorporated some way in every persons life whether its by cell phone, mp3 player, or computer. I think these 21st century skills are needed to be effective artists, citizens, and workers. As workers in this time almost every job requires you to have some knowledge on media and how to work it.
These days we have to function differently then we did twenty years ago. The video mentions that the child has become the consumer and producer of media where years ago it was a small percentage of people contributing. We do need some skills in order to survive in this media technology driven world.
How would you evaluate your progress towards those goals?
ReplyDeleteYes we do have to function differently these days, instant information, no more card dex at the library, so much has changed. I'm looking forward to the explosion of technology in the next 10 years.
ReplyDeleteMy progress so far is fairly slow but I will get there.
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