The MIL teacher will be able to use knowledge and skills acquired through his/her MIL training to promote media and information literacy among students and manage related changes in the school environment. Modules in the MIL curriculum that are related to this competence include:
M-1, Citizenship, Freedom of Expression and Information, Access to Information, Democratic Discourse and Life-long Learning; M-9, Internet Opportunities and Challenges; M-5, Audience and Global Citizenship M-13 Media, Technology and The Sustainable; M-14 Communication and Information, MIL And Learning.
This competency should include the teacher’s ability to:
Understand how different students interpret and apply media products and events to their own lives. Understand and use a variety of instructional activities to foster students’ skills in media and information literacy. Demonstrate ability to help students select the most appropriate approaches (i.e., information retrieval systems) for accessing needed information. Demonstrate ability to help students evaluate critically information and its sources while incorporating relevant information into their knowledge base. Use knowledge of effective verbal, non-verbal, and media communication techniques to foster active enquiry, collaboration and free and open communication among students. Understand and use formal and informal assessment strategies to develop knowledge and skills for critical reading, viewing and listening among students. Use media and information literacy tools to foster a more participatory learning environment for students. Use old or new media technologies to create a bond with school-based and out-of school learning, especially for students who are becoming alienated from school. Use ICT in the classroom to help students discover ICT and media sources available to them and how to use them in their learning. Use media and information literacy to widen participation in learning. Use knowledge and skills acquired through his/her training to develop students’ skills in using media and library resources as tools for research and learning. Use knowledge and skills acquired through his/her training to develop students’ skills in evaluating media and information and understanding ethical issues related to media and information literacy.