Chapter 9: Infusing Digital and Media Literacy Across the Curriculum

Digital and Media Literacy: Connecting Culture and Classroom

By Renee Hobbs

Chapter 9: Infusing Digital and Media Literacy Across the Curriculum

“Leadership and vision are critical components of the process of bringing digital and media literacy to secondary education” (Hobbs, pg.170).

I completely agree with this quote from our text. When educators are considering digital and media literacy for their classrooms they must have a vision of what they want to happen. They either need to be the leader for making it happen or go to the leader at that school that has already been implementing that vision. When an educator already has knowledge and background with technology they are able to help other educators become more familiar with it and help them use it in their classrooms as well.  Leadership is very important when it comes to educators and bringing in new technology sources.

“Teachers need a community of support to aid them in exploring the full range of possibilities associated with using digital and media literacy in the classroom” (Hobbs, pg. 172).

There are so many sources and resources that teachers have available to them on a daily basis. In order for them to take full advantage of those sources they must have the support from their school and get the proper training on how to utilize them for their classrooms. For teachers to be successful today they need support from their fellow teachers and their administrators. This quote reminds me of our professional development sessions that we have had in the past. Teachers are helping other teachers learn new skills and how to use different technology sources in their classrooms.

“Many educators have a love-hate relationship with the Internet filtering at their school” (Hobbs, pg. 178).

I am one of those educators that have a love-hate relationship with our school Internet filtering. There are so many wonderful sites that I would love to use in my library, but I cant get to due to the filter. I use Pinterest for different ideas in the library and I cant even get on the website because it is blocked from our school.  Our county does have WebTop available that teachers can use to bypass the filter for YouTube videos, etc., but sometimes WebTop doesn’t always work either.