Media Literacy

At the basic level, media literacy is "the ability to access, analyze, evaluate, create, and act using all forms of communication...Media Literacy empowers people to be critical thinkers and makers, effective communicators and active citizens. Links to an external site."

In an increasingly connected and tech-based society, media literacy skills are critical for understanding and interacting with the world. The following video, created for the first annual National Media Literacy Week (November 2-6, 2015) discusses some of the reasons why we should care about media literacy education: