Comments on: Broadband Internet Access in Schools Should’t be a Luxury http://www.blackweb20.com/2009/11/20/broadband-internet-access-in-schools-shouldt-be-a-luxury/ The premier destination for African-American’s in Technology and New Media Thu, 18 Mar 2010 23:10:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: web prospector http://www.blackweb20.com/2009/11/20/broadband-internet-access-in-schools-shouldt-be-a-luxury/comment-page-1/#comment-33731 web prospector Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:19:48 +0000 http://www.blackweb20.com/?p=9657#comment-33731 I am currently reading a book titled "Teaching Media Literacy" <br>It's not just about teaching digital literacy but covers all the electronic media.<br>TV is still the number one influence in our lives. By the time the average American child graduates from high school, she or he will have watched 22,000 hours of television compared with only 11,000 hours in the classroom. We haven't touched on the influences of video games, cell phones or ipods which we are all affected by to some degree. Yet little attempt is made to teach the how to use these devices to our best advantage or how to avoid being totally exploited by them.<br><br> Not only is it necessary to teach this subject but the knowledgable use of the electronic media can be integrated with and enhance the teaching of the other subjects. What are we waiting for? I am currently reading a book titled “Teaching Media Literacy”
It's not just about teaching digital literacy but covers all the electronic media.
TV is still the number one influence in our lives. By the time the average American child graduates from high school, she or he will have watched 22,000 hours of television compared with only 11,000 hours in the classroom. We haven't touched on the influences of video games, cell phones or ipods which we are all affected by to some degree. Yet little attempt is made to teach the how to use these devices to our best advantage or how to avoid being totally exploited by them.

Not only is it necessary to teach this subject but the knowledgable use of the electronic media can be integrated with and enhance the teaching of the other subjects. What are we waiting for?

]]> By: web prospector http://www.blackweb20.com/2009/11/20/broadband-internet-access-in-schools-shouldt-be-a-luxury/comment-page-1/#comment-32789 web prospector Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:19:48 +0000 http://www.blackweb20.com/?p=9657#comment-32789 I am currently reading a book titled "Teaching Media Literacy" <br>It's not just about teaching digital literacy but covers all the electronic media.<br>TV is still the number one influence in our lives. By the time the average American child graduates from high school, she or he will have watched 22,000 hours of television compared with only 11,000 hours in the classroom. We haven't touched on the influences of video games, cell phones or ipods which we are all affected by to some degree. Yet little attempt is made to teach the how to use these devices to our best advantage or how to avoid being totally exploited by them.<br><br> Not only is it necessary to teach this subject but the knowledgable use of the electronic media can be integrated with and enhance the teaching of the other subjects. What are we waiting for? I am currently reading a book titled “Teaching Media Literacy”
It's not just about teaching digital literacy but covers all the electronic media.
TV is still the number one influence in our lives. By the time the average American child graduates from high school, she or he will have watched 22,000 hours of television compared with only 11,000 hours in the classroom. We haven't touched on the influences of video games, cell phones or ipods which we are all affected by to some degree. Yet little attempt is made to teach the how to use these devices to our best advantage or how to avoid being totally exploited by them.

Not only is it necessary to teach this subject but the knowledgable use of the electronic media can be integrated with and enhance the teaching of the other subjects. What are we waiting for?

]]> By: Link Love Roundup: What We’re Reading… | Clutch Magazine: The Digital Magazine for the Young, Contemporary Woman of Color http://www.blackweb20.com/2009/11/20/broadband-internet-access-in-schools-shouldt-be-a-luxury/comment-page-1/#comment-32698 Link Love Roundup: What We’re Reading… | Clutch Magazine: The Digital Magazine for the Young, Contemporary Woman of Color Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:59:18 +0000 http://www.blackweb20.com/?p=9657#comment-32698 [...] Web 2.0 Broadband Internet Access in Schools Should’t be a Luxury BET’s Web Series “Buppies”: Off to a Rough [...] [...] Web 2.0 Broadband Internet Access in Schools Should’t be a Luxury BET’s Web Series “Buppies”: Off to a Rough [...]

]]> By: darren http://www.blackweb20.com/2009/11/20/broadband-internet-access-in-schools-shouldt-be-a-luxury/comment-page-1/#comment-32687 darren Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:27:53 +0000 http://www.blackweb20.com/?p=9657#comment-32687 Access, like English, Math and Social Studies should be just as important to ANY student's core curriculum. Access, like English, Math and Social Studies should be just as important to ANY student's core curriculum.

]]> By: mikeydigital http://www.blackweb20.com/2009/11/20/broadband-internet-access-in-schools-shouldt-be-a-luxury/comment-page-1/#comment-32686 mikeydigital Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:40:46 +0000 http://www.blackweb20.com/?p=9657#comment-32686 I agree with Ron, digital literacy should be part of the curriculum. This is important because the misnomer (especially dealing with "urban youth") many teachers have about their students is that they are already digital literate just because they’ve grown up with technology... in many cases that is not the reality. I agree with Ron, digital literacy should be part of the curriculum. This is important because the misnomer (especially dealing with “urban youth”) many teachers have about their students is that they are already digital literate just because they’ve grown up with technology… in many cases that is not the reality.

]]> By: Ron Bronson http://www.blackweb20.com/2009/11/20/broadband-internet-access-in-schools-shouldt-be-a-luxury/comment-page-1/#comment-32682 Ron Bronson Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:26:05 +0000 http://www.blackweb20.com/?p=9657#comment-32682 Digital literacy should be part of the curriculum, libraries should retrofitted and students trained on ways to use the web effectively. Digital literacy should be part of the curriculum, libraries should retrofitted and students trained on ways to use the web effectively.

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