My assignment is to watch the video The New Media Literacies and comment on what I think about it. First I need to explain what new media literacies is. It is a set of skills needed to deal with and function in current media environment. These skills are important because they help us not only be a consumer, but a producer of media. There are eleven skills necessary in this new world.
The skills are listed as followed.
1.Play: the capacity to experiment with one's surroundings as a form of problem-solving.
2.Performance:the ability to adopt alternative identities for the purpose of improvisation & theory.
3.Simulation: the ability to interpret and construct dynamic models of real world processes.
4.Appropriation: the ability to meaningfully sample and remix media content.
5.Multitasking: the ability to scan one's environment and shift focus as needed to salient details.
6.Distributed cognition: the ability to interact meaningfully with tools that expand mental capacities.
7.Collective intelligence: the ability to pool knowledge and compare notes with others toward a common goal.
8.Judgement: the ability to evaluate the reliability and credibility of different information sources.
9.Transmedia navigation: the ability to follow the flow of stories and information across multiple modalities.
10.Networking: the ability to search for, synthesize, and disseminate information.
11.Negotiation: the ability to travel across diverse communities, discerning and respecting multiple perspectives, and grasping and following alternative norms.
I do believe that these are 21st century skills that will be needed to be effective artists, citizens, & workers. I personally posses the skills of play, appropriation, multitasking, collective intelligence, and networking. I am sure with a little more research, studying, and practicing that I can acquire the rest of the skills.
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