New and Traditional Media

New and Traditional Media

Technology has moved all sources of communication towards it, allowing fast access through diverse tech devices, audience response and making them highly demanded. Traditional communications models have evolved and incorporated in digital media. The content of both traditional and new media is almost the same but new media can be updated with a click of a button. The main difference to highlight between these is the communication perspective flow. In new technology, we can say it is from a one to many audiences; allowing and promoting a collaborative multi-flow of creation and sharing of written contents and visuals. As for traditional, is a one flow of communication from one to one with no instantaneous response or feedback.

Our world has become a digital media world in where free speech enhances self-expression to a massive audience through new technology. The topics expressed in new technology have a different approach from traditional communication because these depend on the opinions and research of the active participants, world events and the learning needs. This easy access to new technology from different tech devices is the key that has motivated people to be communicators and to be an essential part of information and knowledge. This is "Democratization", giving a chance to everyone to have an important role of expression in the net. It is a new way of multi-communication that provides citizens open information, instant learning and knowledge, awareness and understanding on global and local issues.

When reflecting if media has caused an impact on the social and academic lives I thought about how learning has changed and how educators have been able to learn, adapt and survive. We are living in a world that is constantly changing and technology is one of the main factors. The challenge I face as a Technology Integrator is new trends that daily change in new technologies and how I have to keep updated in order to be a good guide in media literacy for my students and colleagues. The most important thing besides being updated is to be able to reflect on what tech devices, programs, applications, tools and sources are the most appropriate for each one of the disciplines needs. It is very important that teachers feel confident of incorporating new technology in their lesson plans. This will reflect into a positive guidance to students, provoking students response and a "Democratization" learning process.

Personally, I think that teachers play an important role and serve as bridge between learning and new technologies by modeling the correct use of digital citizenship, "Democratization", and good governance. Even though learning can happen on the net by itself, teachers are an   essential role and needed in a classroom to generate knowledge, reflection, connections, creation, digital citizenship and a good sense of source selection to motivate a participatory active learning community.

Bibliography

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