In reading “Orchestrating the Media Collage”, by Jason Ohler, I believe students should be allowed to create multimedia projects rather than writing papers, at least some of the time, if not ALL of the time.
Ohler states that just being able to read is not sufficient enough anymore. Fast changes in technology require us to enable ourselves to new media collages. If students aren’t being taught this now, when it may or may not be needed, where will they be left standing in their graduating years? “The fluent will lead, the literate will follow, and the rest will get left behind”, Ohler proposes.
In order to promote digital literacy, he suggests experimenting with PowerPoint presentations, web pages, Google Docs, and blogs. And according to NETS-T, we should be advancing students by creativity and innovation; both face-to-face and virtual environments. We need to be taught the knowledge and skills to be able to design and also develop digital-age learning assessments.
Students should be able to use online resources and have access to the fundamentals of media collages. I consider the interests created online, or by the collages are more appealing and motivating than sitting, starring at worksheets. It teaches kids to use this both successfully and artistically. Kids like to put together little videos and blogs; researching online, it’s not typical “schoolwork” to them.
So while reading and writing will always be a necessity, the need to understand media literate is also extremely important.
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You have a good understanding of the arguments presented in "The Media Collage" and made good connections to the NETS-T!
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