LESSON 1: The evolution of media  Portable computers- laptops (1980), netbooks

(2008), tablets (1993)

1. Pre-industrial (before 1700s)
 Smartphones
 Cave paintings (35,000 BC)
 Wearable technology
 Woodblock (220 AD)
 Cloud and big data
 Printing press (19th century)
 Clay tablets in Mesopotamia (2400 BC) LESSON 2: Communication, Media, and Information
 Papyrus in Egypt (2500 BC)
Media
 Acta Diurna in Rome (130 BC)
 Dibao in China (2nd century) - Means of communication
 Codex in the Mayan region (5th century) - The communication outlets or tools used to
 Printing press using wood blocks (220 AD) store and deliver information or data
2. Industrial Age (1700s-1930s)
 Newspaper- The London Gazette (1640) Information
 Motion picture photography/ projection (1890) - Knowledge communicated or received
 Transistor radio concerning a particular fact or circumstance
 Printing press for mass production (19th century) - Facts provided or learned about something or
 Typewriter (1800) Telephone (1876) someone
 Commercial motion pictures (1913)
 Motion picture with sound (1926) Communication
 Telegraph - A process by which information is exchanged
 Punch cards between individuals through a common system
3. Electronic Age of symbols, signs, or behavior
 Television (1941)
 Laptop (1980) How is communication influenced by media and
 OHP projector (1960s) information?
 Transistor radio
- It shapes public discourse
o Large electronic computers- i.e. EDSAC
- It can foreclose “other” perspectives
(1949) and UNIVAC 1 (1951) - It can open up “other” perspectives
 Mainframe computers- i.e. IBM 704 (1960)
 Personal computers- i.e. Hewlett-Packard How are media, communication, and information
9100A (1968), Apple 1 (1976) important to you and your community?
 OHP, LCD projectors
- Transfer of ideas
4. Digital Age (1900s-2000s)
 Ideas to creations
 Twitter
- For interacting with society
 Bumble
 Healthy communication is essential to a
 Zoom
healthy society
 Web browsers: Mosaic (1993), Internet Explorer
- Education
(1995)
 Teachers to students
 Blogs: Blogspot (1999), LiveJournal (1999),
- Update oneself
Wordpress (2003)
 Current events
 Social networksL Friendster (2002), Multiple
- For entertainment
(2003), Facebook (2004)
 Microblogs: Twitter (2006), Tumblr (2007) LESSON 3: Media and Information Literacy
 Video: YouTube (2005)
 Augmented Reality / Virtual reality Media literacy
 Videochat: Skype (2003), Google hangouts - The ability to read, analyze, evaluate and
(2013) produce communication in a variety of media
 Search engines: Google (1996), Yahoo (1995) forms.
Am I media literate? - Digital media are persistent, searchable and
shareable
- Who created this message?
- Unknown and unexpected audiences
- What techniques are used to attract my
- Experiences are real, but don’t always feel real
attention?
- How we respond and behave when using digital
- How might people understand this message
media is influenced by the architecture of the
differently?
platforms, which reflects the biases and
- What lifestyles, values and points of view are
assumptions of their creators.
represented in, or omitted from, this message?
- Why was this message sent?
- All media messages are constructed
- Media messages are constructed using a
creative language with its own rules
- Different people experience the same media
message differently
- Media have embedded values and points of
view
- Most media messages are organized to gain
profit and/or power.

Information literacy

- The ability to recognize when information is

needed to locate, evaluate, effectively use and
communicate information in its various formats

Am I information literate?

- What information do I need?

- Where will I get them?
- How will I access them?
- How will I check the quality and store them?
- How will I create and communicate them?

The information literate person can: identify, find,

evaluate, apply, and acknowledge information.

Technology literacy

- The ability to use digital technology,

communication tools or networks to locate,
evaluate, use, and create information.

Am I technology Literate?

- How will I use technology/digital programs and

tools?
- How do I comprehend, contextualize, and
critically evaluate digital media?
- How do I produce content and effectively
communicate through a variety of digital media
tools?
- Digital media are networked