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one as a set of questions for discussion and reflection. Write your answers in the space provided. 1. Can I read/write? Do I know how to write and send emails, create documents and simple spreadsheets, use a web browser, and make sense of the search results returned by a search engine?

2. Do I know where to find information on local and national news, politics, and events? Do I know where I am likely to find reliable, factual information on a given topic? Do I have an understanding of the relationship between what the information is about and its ability to make itself stand-out?

3. Can I make sense of documents and images that must be scrolled through rather than flipped (i.e., like the pages of a book)? Do I have the stamina and ability to listen to and understand videos of people talking? How about animation? Do I know at least three ways to share information online? Do I know how to evaluate if a particular information source is factual/true and trustworthy? Do I know how to synthesize the contents of several texts on the same topic into a coherent whole? Do I know how to best match the manner in which I communicate information to my intended audience?

4. Do I understand and accept the fact that with all these digital tools at my command, I have both the ability and responsibility to learn whatever I have to learn, and to do so on my own? Do I understand and agree that there are morally acceptable and unacceptable behaviors that ought to govern what, how, why, and with whom I communicate online?

Use the following questions to evaluate your understanding of the concepts, principles, and ideas in the chapter. Write your answers in the space provided. 1. Can you explain to a classmate how Media Literacy and Digital Literacy are related?

2. Can you explain how critical thinking is important to both Media and

Digital Literacy?