Video literacy must be taught in our schools before it’s too late.

Phoenix, AZ— Most high school students in the United States now have modern smartphones. Our children, by default, will be the future storytellers, gathering and documenting history.

Every school in America should teach students how to produce, write, report, edit, and post simple stories on the internet. The cameras and software they need are already on their smartphones.

Currently, we see many people holding their phones vertically and not effectively capturing important events.

If schools offered video literacy courses, I believe most students would enjoy being empowered by learning how to document newsworthy events professionally.

The challenge is that many teachers themselves lack these skills and would need to be trained to pass this important knowledge on to our children.

I think parents should be bringing this up at their school board meetings . Remember, it’s the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.