Friday, May 20, 2016

Media Literacy and 21st Century School Library

Shibrie Wilson

 ET-Differentiation
CO- School Organization
IL- Other IL Models
IL-Media Literacy


 Lam, A. (2012, April 30). Media Literacy and Learning Commons in the Digital Age: Toward a Knowledge Model for Successful Integration into the 21st Century School Library. Retrieved May 20, 2016, from http://www.yalsa.ala.org/jrlya/2012/04/media-literacy-and-learning-commons-in-the-digital-age-toward-a-knowledge-model-for-successful-integration-into-the-21st-century-school-library/
Summary: Due to budget cuts and technological advancements, school libraries are constantly finding ways to reinvent themselves. The innovative projects of library have contributed to precise concept of a learning commons. This trajectory of a learning commons has embedded into concept of collaboration with educators, facilities, learning techniques, and many more to name a few. Media literacy is a growing field and entails various aspects that are essential to learning communities,that includes the following: "critical thinking ability to access, evaluate, analyze, and produce information" (Lam, A. 2012). Increase of media has contributed to collaborative learning environments in which students are able gain knowledge of digital culture, interdependent learning skills, and different modes of communication. School libraries must continue to adopt this new age of digital learning in order to continue to flourish and assist teacher with media literacy. Different testimonials provided in which school libraries have had a great deal of success with transformation. 

Reflection: School libraries are adaptive to change are doing an excellent job to reinvent themselves. Of course, such success stories only exist when everyone in district in on board with essence of library and reinvention with changing times. Model in this blog is beneficial for providing a visual as to how exactly media literacy adopts concept of learning commons. 

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