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Over the course of human history, society has always valued literacy. While the word “literacy” is rooted in knowledge of reading and writing (from Middle English and Latin for ‘letters’), it has since come to mean the possession of knowledge or competence in a field.

E.H. Hiebert

In 1991, _ discussed literacy as the ability to actively transform texts, as opposed to the old notion of simply reading them

J. A. Langer

In the same year (1991), _ took that further and viewed literacies as “ways of thinking.”

Digital Age Literacy and Civic Literacy

Do you still remember the two (2) new sets of literacies?

• Computer

• Technological

• Information

• Visual

• News

What are the different forms of Digital Age Literacy?

• Environmental

• Gender

• Financial

• Multicultural

• Media

What are the different forms of Civic Literacy?

Individual Impact & Societal Impact

Advantages of MIL

• Improve Quality of Life

• Better Professional Opportunities

• Improve learning Environment

Individual Impact Advantages of MIL

Improve Quality of Life

We have convenient access to information and services, as well as the ability to create and share them.

Improve Quality of Life

Media allowed us to access information we need at a moment’s notice. These digital devices allow you to write, record, and shoot to gather or create information that can then be shared.

Better Professional Opportunities

There are more opportunities for professional growth and more feasible self-employment options.

Better Professional Opportunities

The diversity of new media has even made self-employment a more viable option.

Better Professional Opportunities

Classes, training sessions, and seminars are now available online for those seeking continued professional development.

Improved Learning Environment

Learners have more ways to access information from varied resources. Example: e-books and digital recordings of lectures

Improved Learning Environment

In many schools, the Online Public Access Catalog (OPAC) has supplemented or replaced The venerable card catalog, allowing students a more efficient way to search through their library’s store of information

Improved Learning Environment

A media and information-literate student should know better than to assume that all this information is of equal value or appropriateness, and make wise decisions accordingly

• Better Economic Opportunities

• Greater Political Participation

• More Cohesive Social Groups

• Greater Public Information and Education

Societal Impact Advantages of MIL

Better Economic Opportunities

An increasingly media and information literate population is better suited for the emerging needs of modern job opportunities in new media.

Better Economic Opportunities

Media and information literacy equips learners, and thus potential employees, with skills suited to the multifaceted nature of modern, technologically-assisted communication

More Cohesive Social Groups

Communication is easier and more affordable. It allows families to stay close despite great distances, and communities to stay informed and unified.

Greater Political Participation

More than ever, media and information have a greater reach. They provide more people the opportunity for their voices to be heard and allow greater inclusion and involvement in the rich, diverse political process.

Greater Public Information and Education

This improved ability to contextualize events allows a person to develop an informed stand on the issue: an opinion that is shaped by facts.

Greater Public Information and Education

Greater access to information can grow a more informed electorate and citizenry, who understand historical events and issues in the proper context and make informed choices.