Introduction

**21st Century Education Of The Future .**
We all must now become Media literate and only then will be media savvy. Media literacy is being able to read the messages that daily inform us, entertain us and sell to us. The internet is fast becoming a fact of life. So the critial thinking skills that help us navigate around traditional media are very important now more than ever

Tomorrows world will become dominated by mass media and communications technologies.We must prepare our students for the future so that the next generation will understand how mass media influences society. Television and film have become the storytellers of our generation. The stories tell us about our selves, what we believe and what we want to be. The stories now affect how we think and feel.

Our resource is targeting children from 4 to 6 years old, the most impressionable years, (little sponges soaking up everything they see and hear.) There is a detailed unit plan to help you delve deeper into how children make sense of the messages they contend with everyday.

Key Questions are: ** // What is the difference between between fact and fantasy? // ** ** // What are emotions? // ** ** // How do we handle our different emotions? // ** ** // What do we do if we watch something we don’t like? // **

As children are watching TV and playing computer games it seems prudent to have an idea about what and how much time children are involved in this activity. It appears that this has an impact. Check the, 'For Parents' related articles.

Follow the lesson sequence ideas, using the buttons labelled on the left that outlines a range of learning approaches including the seamless integration of ICT tools or choosing the best tool for the job.