Redefining Literacy

Today I learned what data smog is. Data smog is when there is too much information, which can create a barrier in our lives. I also learned to cope with data smog we must have Information Literacy, which gives us the skills to know whien we need information and where to locate it effectively and efficiently. I believe that this is a very important thing to teach to our students. There is an enormous amount of information online, but know what is junk and what is valid can sometimes be hard to tell. As noted from Linda Ellerbee, "media literacy will make the difference between kids being a tool of mass media or whether the mass media is a toold for kids to use." I aggree with her statement one hunderd percent! We must prepare our students to gather information, evaluate it, and further interpret what they have found. They also need to know that everything they read online in NOT true! This is the importance of researching and discovering!