http://civic.mit.edu/blog/mres en http://civic.mit.edu/blog/mres/interactive-literacy <!--paging_filter--><p><em>Reposted from the PBS MediaShift <a href="http://www.pbs.org/idealab/2008/10/interactive-literacy005.html">Idea Lab blog</a></em></p> <p>What does it mean to be truly literate with new media?</p> <p>Certainly, it means more than the ability to send email and browse websites. Recent commentaries on new media literacy have emphasized the importance of the ability to analyze media critically and the ability to participate actively in online communities. Those abilities are clearly important. But I feel these commentaries haven't paid enough attention to another important aspect of new media literacy: the ability to express oneself with new media.</p> <p><a href="http://civic.mit.edu/blog/mres/interactive-literacy">read more</a></p> http://civic.mit.edu/blog/mres/interactive-literacy#comments interactivity literacy youth Mon, 12 Jan 2009 10:35:49 -0500 mres 830 at http://civic.mit.edu http://civic.mit.edu/blog/mres/interactive-literacy-0 <!--paging_filter--><p>What does it mean to be truly literate with new media?</p> <p><a href="http://civic.mit.edu/blog/mres/interactive-literacy-0">read more</a></p> http://civic.mit.edu/blog/mres/interactive-literacy-0#comments Mon, 13 Oct 2008 13:34:32 -0400 mres 1488 at http://civic.mit.edu http://civic.mit.edu/blog/mres/from-informing-to-empowering <!--paging_filter--><p>For me, our new <a href="http://civic.mit.edu">Center for Future Civic Media</a> at MIT provides an opportunity to weave together several strands of my career.</p> <p><a href="http://civic.mit.edu/blog/mres/from-informing-to-empowering">read more</a></p> http://civic.mit.edu/blog/mres/from-informing-to-empowering#comments Tue, 30 Oct 2007 07:37:00 -0400 mres 1489 at http://civic.mit.edu http://civic.mit.edu/blog/mres/from-%E2%80%9Cinforming%E2%80%9D-to-%E2%80%9Cempowering%E2%80%9D <!--paging_filter--><p>For me, the MIT Center for Future Civic Media provides an opportunity to weave together several strands of my career.</p> <p><a href="http://civic.mit.edu/blog/mres/from-%E2%80%9Cinforming%E2%80%9D-to-%E2%80%9Cempowering%E2%80%9D">read more</a></p> http://civic.mit.edu/blog/mres/from-%E2%80%9Cinforming%E2%80%9D-to-%E2%80%9Cempowering%E2%80%9D#comments education games journalism Mon, 29 Oct 2007 14:35:37 -0400 mres 446 at http://civic.mit.edu