What is interactive media By Jerry Castillo What

What is interactive media By: Jerry Castillo

What is interactive media? • Interactive media is a type of communication in which the programs uses depends on if the user uses it. Interactive media engages the user and interact with the user and it makes the user want to come back to keep using the application. It is a way for companies to know how their users are like and their mindsets so they can find a new way to connect to their customers and a new way to advertise their products. There are many way how interactive media is in our everyday life and how some many people are trying makes these interactive media apps for example education institutions making apps for their students like myday which helps student find extra resources for studying and so students can see their timetables. Another example of interactive media is You. Tube because on You. Tube, the user can post video, like or dislike videos, comment on video and etc. Interactive media to me is something that makes you wanting to come back for example when I am on You. Tube I want to see more video on the site because it engages me and makes me interested which will make me want to keep digging around the site.

Interactive Media

Information literacy • the ability to know when there is a need for information, to be able to identify, locate, evaluate, and effectively use that information for the issue or problem at hand. “ For example Good Reader is application where you can view files in different formats. This is interactive because it makes the user want click on a different files and formats

Media literacy • Media literacy encompasses the practices that allow people to access, critically evaluate, and create media. For example You. Tube is a media literacy because it lets the user make video and also view videos. You. Tube is interactive because the users will click on videos, comment on video, like or dislike a video, post a video and etc.

Network literacy • Network literacy is an emerging digital literacy that deals with computer network knowledge and skills. Network literacy relates to the basic knowledge and skills required for citizens to participate in the networked society. For example Twitter because anyone can participate and with computer network knowledge. This is interactive because people will click on link, leave comments and etc.

Global literary • The ability of all citizens throughout the world to identify, interpret, analyse, synthesize, create, use, communicate, and share new knowledge using the written word, multimedia, and communication technologies. For example Skype because you can communicate with someone and share new knowledge with them. I think this interactive because makes the user call people, text to people. send photos to people and etc.

Creative/Critical thinking • Creative/Critical thinking is the ability to think clearly and rationally, understanding the logical connection between ideas. Critical thinkers will identify, analyse and solve problems systematically rather than by intuition or instinct. For example i. Movie lets you put you show your creatively by putting different videos together. This is interactive because the person take clips, watch clips and etc.

Commune/Collaborate It means share or exchange informative. For example Skype can be used to exchange information to others. This is interactive because the user is texting and clicking.