The New Generation of Literacy

Literacy is defined as the ability to read and write, but in today's age it is so much more, enter the Jacob Burns Film Center. My next article titled "Westchester Children, Prison Inmates Take Lesson in Digital Literacy" explains all about how reading and writing needs to step up to the digital level. I found this article on the site www.marketingvox.com. Basically the article speaks about how this Media Arts Lab will help children, prison inmates, and instructors from other countries learn digital literacy. The founder Stephen Apkon saw that his children had were disconnected from their classroom and the world they were growing up in. Although the Lab has brought the attention of many famous names like George Lucas, Apkon is most excited about the problem solving skills and creativity that will not only exercise young people's minds, but anyone who visits the Lab. The Jacob Burns Film Center will focus on film making and animation programs, which will incorporate math and science and students will also improve their writing skills as a result. The Center is not vocational therefore these skills will apply to any profession. This is a great resource to the community and it is good to know that there are such centers out there because it is shaping the next generation. I think this is important to the industry because this way people will get the right skills to get the job done efficiently.