MIL

• The ability to access, analyze, evaluate, and communicate information in a variety of forms
• Media Literacy


  The ability to access, analyze, evaluate, and communicate information in a variety of forms
• Information Literacy


  The ability to recognize when information is needed, and to locate, evaluate, and effectively communicate information in its various formats
• Technology Literacy


  The ability of an individual to responsibly, appropriately, and effectively use technological tools
• Media and Information Literacy

  Combination of knowledge, attitudes, skills, and practices required to access, analyze, evaluate, use, produce, and communicate information and knowledge in creative, legal and ethical ways that respect human rights
• Media Evolution Timeline


  • Pre-Industrial Age (Before 1700s)
  • Industrial Age (1700s-1930s)
  • Electronic Age (1930s-1980s)
  • Information Age (1900s-2000s)
• Pre-Industrial Age (Before 1700s)


  • The discovery of fire, the development of paper from plants, and the forgery of weapons and tools with stone, bronze, copper, and iron
• Pre-Industrial Age


  • Cave Paintings (35,000 BC)
  • Papyrus in Egypt (2500 BC)
  • Clay Tablets in Mesopotamia (2400 BC)
  • Acta Diurna in Rome (130 BC)
  • Dibao in China (2nd century)
  • Codex in the Mayan Region (5th century)
  • Printing press using wood blocks (220 AD)
• Industrial Age (1700s-1930s)


  • The use of the power of steam, development of machine tools, establishment of iron production, and the manufacturing of books through the printing press
• Industrial Age


  • Printing press for mass production (19th century)
  • Newspaper Production (1600s)
  • The London Gazette (1665)
  • Typewriter (1800)
  • Telegraph (1840s)
  • Telephone (1876)
  • Motion Pictures (1890)
  • Sound Films (1894)
  • Punch Cards (1890s – 1930s)
• Electronic Age (1930s-1980s)


  • The invention of the transistor which led to the transistor radio, electronic circuits, and early computers
• Electronic Age

  • Transistor Radio (1950s)
  • Commercial Television (early to mid 1940s)
  • Large Electronic Computers (late 1940s to early 1950s)
  • EDSAC (1947)
  • UNIVAC I (1951)
  • Mainframe Computers (1960s)
  • Personal Computers (late 1960s)
  • Overhead Projectors (OHP) (late 1950s, early 1960s)
  • LCD Projectors (mid to late 1980s)
• Information Age (1900s-2000s)


  • The internet paved the way for faster communication and the creation of the social network
• Print Media


  Consisting of paper and ink, reproduced in a printing process that is traditionally mechanical
• Broadcast Media


  Reaches target audiences using airwaves as the transmission medium (radio and television)
• Digital or New Media


  Integration of technologies emerging on one digital platform to organize and distribute content
• Media Convergence


  The merging of different equipment and tools for producing and distributing news through digitization and computer networking
• Trends in Media


  A change or development towards something new or different; reflects what seems to be going around at any given time
• Trends in Media


  • Wearable Technology