Literacy 2.0:Teaching Media Literacy Jane L. David Media literacy is making a comeback, spurred by students' access to unlimited information on the Internet. Can schools provide the skills students need to become media literate in a digital world? What's the Idea? The Internet has kindled a resurgence of interest in media literacy. Media literacy in the past tended to focus on alerting students to stereotypes, advertising, and propaganda and on protecting them from undesirable influences. What's the Reality? Although some countries (notably Canada, England, and Australia) have made progress in integrating media literacy into the school curriculum, schools in the United States generally have lagged behind (Hobbs & Frost, 2003). Advocates of digital media education agree that reading online demands different skills than reading print-only texts does. What's the Research? Research on teaching digital media literacy is in its infancy. Survey results confirm that students are increasingly online both in school and at home. Jane L.
NoodleTools : MLA, APA, and Chicago/Turabian Bibliography Composer, Online Notecards Digital Plagiarism: The Role of Society and Technology Examines the application of the World Wide Web in class education and research and the ways in which the Internet has enabled cheating and given educators ways to fight plagiarism. Internet-based information has had a profound effect on the way people can now educate themselves from a pool of seemingly endless content. It is estimated by the NEC Research Institute that there are more then 1.4 billion pages on the Internet with 25 new pages being added every second (Dyrli 1). With so much available content, the application of the World Wide Web in class education and research has now become common practice in schools and universities. As a result, the Internet has succeeded in its purposes of bringing together information from one part of the World to another. But like most great advancements in modern technology, the Internet's purposes have become altered and used for other nefarious acts. Plagiarism and Society Plagiarism and Writing In his book “Orality and Literacy”, Walter J.
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