In today’s world, teaching is about more than just teaching specific content. Sure, the content must be covered, however, teachers are responsible for teaching skills that can be useful beyond their classrooms. One specific skill that teachers must ensure their students are learning media fluency skills. “Teaching media fluency skills is crucial to the educational environment as technology continues to reshape how students think and react to digital media and the messages they receive” (Wattanabe-Crockett, 2012, para. 1). Wattanabe-Crockett goes on to describe the importance of students having the ability to analyze, evaluate, and understand the effect media has on society. Some of the specific media fluency skills that are critical to student success are the ability to determine the credibility of information and sources, being good digital citizens, and complying with copyright laws. All of these can contribute to the development of an individual’s own credibility. In addition, the application of these skills allow students to be able to communicate effectively. Crockett (n.d.) suggests “we need to be able to communicate as effectively with graphical and multimedia formats as we do with words and text”. In doing so, it is imperative that the aforementioned skills are applied. When this happens, it is clear that individuals possess the necessary skills to be able to put their media fluency skills into practice.
References
Crockett, L. (n.d.). Media Fluency. Retrieved November 23, 2020, from https://cdnapisec.kaltura.com/index.php/extwidget/preview/partner_id/2167581/uiconf_id/39959791/entry_id/1_u2j5ajm0/embed/dynamic
Watanabe-Crockett, L. (2020, February 12). How to Teach Media Fluency Skills: 6 Cool Concepts to Try. Retrieved November 23, 2020, from https://wabisabilearning.com/blogs/future-fluencies/oncepts-teaching-media-fluency-skills