1. Teaching and Learning Narrative 1
Vincent Côté
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2. A Definition of Digital Literacy
“Digital literacy or « digital competence » […] bridges what young people know or do not know in using digital media, and how education could create the contexts that develop such skills, knowledge, and attitudes further (Erstad, 2010a, 2010b).”

3. The Five Dimensions
4: Learning Strategies
5: Digital Bildung/ Cultural Competence
“Five dimensions [of understanding of the digital media for education purpose] can be elaborated, which highlight different aspects of how we understand digital literacies as part of school based learning.”
3: Knowledge Building in Subject Domain
2: Media as Object of Analysis
1: Basic Skills

4. “[…] it is clear that young people growing up today are experiencing important aspects of the implications of digital media on our culture.”

5. In spite of the fact that media education in the U. S
In spite of the fact that media education in the U.S. is in its infancy, there is already debate about why and how to teach it (Hobbs, 1998; Tyner, 1998).

6. The Core concepts of Critical Media Literacy
#4: Media Have Embedded Values and Points of View
#5: Media Are Organized to Gain Profit and/or Power
#2: Media Messages Are Constructed Using a Creative Language with Its Own Rules
#3: Different Peole Experience the SameMedia Message Differently
Core Concept #1: Principle of Non-transparency
Core Concept #2: Codes and Conventions
Core Concept #3: Audience
Core Concept #4: Content and Message
Core Concept #5: Motivation and Political Economy
#1: All Media Messages are ”Constructed”