I am writing a "perspective" for a professor who's having a book published
about media literacy. She wanted to get a feel for the ways that library media
specialists contribute to teaching this concept to students (K-12).
I have discussed how we, as a profession, embrace the concepts of accuracy,
authority, bias, relevance with regard to information in all formats. I've
written about how we, at times, encourage students to question issues of power and
subjection based on representation, misinformation, and existing social
structures which may inaccurately reflect society. I've mentioned how we serve all,
collaborate with teachers, and often are the most tech-savvy individuals in
our schools. Also in there is something about the value of media production and
media use by students who can define themselves, establish identities, and
use their new skills to become agents of change, and a quote from Tyner (1998)
about how we (LMS's) are the perfect ones to help teach media literacy.
OK - my question to all of you is what else should I say? It's a tight essay
- about 1300 words. But I don't really have the feel that it's finished.
Please respond to me directly. TIA!
Angel Kymes
PhD Student - Oklahoma State University
kymes4@aol.com
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