http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2006/04/19/critical-media-literacy/ Weblog of Wesley Fryer Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:51:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2006/04/19/critical-media-literacy/comment-page-1/#comment-3018 Infomancy » Media/Visual Literacy Wed, 10 May 2006 20:26:44 +0000 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/?p=940#comment-3018 [...] Since this discussion started, there have been some other blog posts dealing with media literacy, including Wesley Fryer’s “Critical Media Literacy” post at Moving at the Speed of Creativity. In that post, Wesley references an article from Edutopia, “Escaping from Virtual Reality” that itself references Neil Postman’s Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business. How I love Postman’s writings… [...] [...] Since this discussion started, there have been some other blog posts dealing with media literacy, including Wesley Fryer’s “Critical Media Literacy” post at Moving at the Speed of Creativity. In that post, Wesley references an article from Edutopia, “Escaping from Virtual Reality” that itself references Neil Postman’s Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business. How I love Postman’s writings… [...]

]]> http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2006/04/19/critical-media-literacy/comment-page-1/#comment-1471 Frank Baker Thu, 20 Apr 2006 22:38:44 +0000 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/?p=940#comment-1471 I think he is really talking about MEDIA LITERACY more than visual literacy. Check out my website for clarification. I think he is really talking about MEDIA LITERACY more than visual literacy. Check out my website for clarification.

]]> http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2006/04/19/critical-media-literacy/comment-page-1/#comment-1454 Clarence Fisher Thu, 20 Apr 2006 13:48:40 +0000 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/?p=940#comment-1454 I am a huge believer in the value of content creation along with content consumption with kids. I believe the more that we teach kids to be critical producers of content, the more they will be critical consumers of content. This take some of the "wow" factor away, and helps kids see through the special effects of movies and the pretty colours on websites, hleping them to evaluate the actual content more carefully. I am a huge believer in the value of content creation along with content consumption with kids. I believe the more that we teach kids to be critical producers of content, the more they will be critical consumers of content. This take some of the “wow” factor away, and helps kids see through the special effects of movies and the pretty colours on websites, hleping them to evaluate the actual content more carefully.

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