[LM_NET] New Media Literacy

["G.Lorenzo" <georgelorenzo@EDPATH.COM>]

Hi folks: 

I'm new to this listserv, and this is my first post.

I just read an excellent white paper titled "Confronting the Callenges of 
Participatory Culture: Media Education for the 21st Century."

It can be downloaded from http://www.projectnml.org/

As noted in the Executive Summary: "Schools and afterschool programs must devote 
more attention to fostering what we call new media literacies: a set of cultural 
competencies and social skills that young people need in the new media landscape. . 
. " 

Anyway, I'm not seeing much of this "fostering" in my local school district (where 
I have two teenagers in attendance), but maybe I need to take a closer look.

Just wondering how much of this is really going on?

Best,
George Lorenzo
Author of SurfingThroughNoise
http://www.edpath.com/stn.htm 

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