Leadership and vision are critical components of the process
of bringing digital and media literacy into secondary education.
I agree with this statement 100%. Digital media and literacy
can only go as far as a teacher wants it to go in their classroom. If a teacher
does not wish to incorporate such subjects and advances in his or her classroom
it’s just that simple..it’s not going to happen. The vision and leadership role
in incorporating such forms of learning are key. A teacher must want to push
the limits in their classroom and that involves work, and in my recent experiences
time.
Some programs reach only the best and brightest students in
a school district.
I agree with this statement, but I also disagree with the
truth it holds. It is true that many programs only reach the best and brightest
students. Although these select students may express more potential to take
part in learning experiences such as digital media, it is something that ALL
and EVERY student can benefit from. Digital media programs will only be used to
their full potential when every student has the opportunity to experience them.
The educational world is only hurting itself by setting limits to these program
offerings and benefits to students.
Much of the best work in digital and media literacy occurs
as a result of productive collaboration between classroom teachers, media
specialists, and library media professionals.
In my personal experience I can agree with this statement.
Many of the best classroom integration's of digital media have come from collaborations,
and, or, conversations with my peers. Also, many of times our school system schedules
meetings with media specialist to come in and train the staff on new media technology
and resources that teachers can use in the classroom. I for one try to take
advantage of these meetings. As the text states, most of the best work comes from collaboration.
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