Media and Traditional Literacy

In the article “Teaching Media Literacy” by Jane L. David it is discussed how schools in the United States do not teach enough about media literacy. I do not know exactly what goes on in the schools these days but I know when I was growing up we did not have many classes where we did work on the computer. We mostly worked on traditional literacy skills. As much as I want to say yes we really need to step up our game and teach more online, we also need to work on the basics still. I believe it is important to stress both media literacy and traditional literacy skills in the school system these days. Both are needed to understand each other. If we do not teach kids to read and analyze things how are they going to go online and know what they are looking for or reading? Both types of literacy skills are very different but both are needed to survive in this world. It is true that most people and kids now a day spend a great deal of their time online and we need to start preparing them with information they will need to know to make good decisions on the internet.