Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Annotated Bibliography
Annotated Bibliography
Abilock, D. (2003). A seven power lens on 21st century literacy. http: / /www. noodletool s. com/debbi e / l i t e r a c i e s / newsmedi a /polphoto.pdf
There are seven different lenses or tools that are used to critique media literacy. It is important for students to be able to use the lenses to analyze and apply their skills in media literacy. Students should look at the whole picture to assist them in analyzing. Examining nonverbal gestures, facial expressions, and who is in the picture are just some of the tools that can help to tell a lot about a picture.
Hobbs, R. (1996). Teaching media literacy: Yo! are you hip to this?. Retrieved from http://www.medialit.org/reading-room/teaching-media-literacy-yo-are-you-hip
This article was on the Center for Media Literacy webpage and talks about a teacher who incorporated media literacy into her classroom. She is showing different commercials and asking students questions about the commercials based on target audiences, what is being sold, and how they interpret the commercials. The article goes on to discuss how many other educators are integrating media literacy into their curriculum and see it as a useful tool that will help beuild relevance and link the classroom to the world.
Kellner, D., & Share, J. (2005). Toward critical media literacy: core concepts, debates, organizations, and policy. Discourse: studies in the cultural politics of education, 26(3), 369-386.
This article discusses models of media literacy, core concepts, and national media organizations in the United States. Media literacy is used to help people evaluate and examine different forms of media, from the standard print form (books, newspapers, and magazines) or technological media (television, movies, and Internet). The Center for Media Literacy identified five core concepts that are easily accessible to teachers and students. The concepts are: Core Concept 1. Principle of Non-Transparency: All media messages are ‘‘constructed’’; Core Concept 2. Codes and Conventions: Media messages are constructed using a creative language with its own rules: Core Concept 3. Audience Decoding: Different people experience the same media message differently; Core Concept 4. Content and Message: Media have embedded values and points of view; Core Concept 5. Motivation: Media are organized to gain profit and/or power. There are many small literacy organizations in the United States, but there are two major ones. The Alliance for a Media Literate America attempts to unite media literacy organizations, while the Action Coalition for Media Education is against any type of corporate media.
This article discussed Pennsylvania’s teachers adjusting their curriculum to incorporate standardized test preparation into their lessons. Students in grades from eight to eleven had to score well in the Pennsylvania System of School Assessment standardized tests in order to see if they have made their “adequate yearly progress”. One of the teachers decided to improve on her students’ learning by teaching critical thinking skills by studying media literacy.
Friday, November 18, 2011
DEJ 13
Question 1: Should media education have an explicit political and ideological agenda?
I would also use the article ,Learn Critical Thinking through Media Literacy to justify students needing to be able to think critically. "It is beneficial to all participating: students develop critical thinking skills and learn about media literacy; students use their critical thinking skills to score higher on standardized tests." Sometimes I feel that students are so used to having the answers handed to them that when it comes time to think critically or on there own they do not know how. I feel that teaching media literacy would help students in every grade.
The last reference source that I would use to justify my answer is, Measuring the Acquisition of Media Literacy Skills. In this article, researchers conducted a study to answer one central question , "How does media-literacy instruction, integrated within a yearlong course in high school English languagearts, affect the development of students’ message comprehension, writing, and critical-thinking skills? Their result were data that emerged from the study suggested the improvement that media literacy instruction had on the students' ability to identify main ideas in written, audio, and visual media. So, I feel that it is something that has been researched and is ready to be taught in the classroom.
References:
Atlock, D. "Seven Power Lens on 21st Century Literacy ." Multimedia Schools. (2003): n. page. Web. 18 Nov. 2011. http://www.noodletools.com/debbie/literacies/newsmedia/PowerLensSingle.pdf.
Hobbs, R. (1998). The seven great debates in the media literacy movement. Journal of Communication. 48 (1) p.16
Learn critical thinking through media literacy education. (2010, October 25). Retrieved from http://medialiteracycolloquium.wordpress.com/2010/10/25/learn-critical-thinking-through-media-literacy-education/
I do not think that media education should have an explicit political and ideologiical agenda. The article discussed that often times when media educators come together to collaborate that it leads to tension among the group. It seems that media education should be based on diversity and for those studying media literacy to develop their own ideas first and not be "spoiled" by others agendas.
Question 2: Based on your reading to date in this course, would you teach critical media literacy in the classroom? Why or why not? You must reference three prior course readings to justify your answer to this questions.
I would also use the article ,Learn Critical Thinking through Media Literacy to justify students needing to be able to think critically. "It is beneficial to all participating: students develop critical thinking skills and learn about media literacy; students use their critical thinking skills to score higher on standardized tests." Sometimes I feel that students are so used to having the answers handed to them that when it comes time to think critically or on there own they do not know how. I feel that teaching media literacy would help students in every grade.
The last reference source that I would use to justify my answer is, Measuring the Acquisition of Media Literacy Skills. In this article, researchers conducted a study to answer one central question , "How does media-literacy instruction, integrated within a yearlong course in high school English languagearts, affect the development of students’ message comprehension, writing, and critical-thinking skills? Their result were data that emerged from the study suggested the improvement that media literacy instruction had on the students' ability to identify main ideas in written, audio, and visual media. So, I feel that it is something that has been researched and is ready to be taught in the classroom.
References:
Atlock, D. "Seven Power Lens on 21st Century Literacy ." Multimedia Schools. (2003): n. page. Web. 18 Nov. 2011. http://www.noodletools.com/debbie/literacies/newsmedia/PowerLensSingle.pdf.
Hobbs, R. (1998). The seven great debates in the media literacy movement. Journal of Communication. 48 (1) p.16
Learn critical thinking through media literacy education. (2010, October 25). Retrieved from http://medialiteracycolloquium.wordpress.com/2010/10/25/learn-critical-thinking-through-media-literacy-education/
Week 12. Video.
I finally got my video up and running. I had to publish it first. I wish I could have used the photostory software because I wanted to narrarate the story with music in the background, but I could not get photostory to work on my computer. I used Windows Movie Maker for my project.
Monday, November 14, 2011
Video. Week 12
I am having trouble loading my video. I keep getting this message that pops up. Sorry, there was an error uploading your video. Please contact support and include the following information:
Blog Id:8470227270607551116Video Id:c6b34c53cf8696d3. Any suggestions?
Norma's Story- I uploaded my story onto google docs. I hope this works.
Blog Id:8470227270607551116Video Id:c6b34c53cf8696d3. Any suggestions?
Norma's Story- I uploaded my story onto google docs. I hope this works.
Friday, November 4, 2011
Week Eleven: DEJ
" Teachers need to be able to justify the inclusion of digital tools for teaching both print and digital literacies in their classrooms."
I thought that this was an excellent point that the author made in the article. Even if everyone thinks that something, such as the inclusion of digital tools in the classroom is a great idea, that great idea still needs to be justified. Although it may be something that is fun and the kids would enjoy, does not necessarily mean that they will learn anything from it. I do think that children would benefit greatly from the inclusion of digital tools. Let's face it, we are living in a technological age and the need for students to learn about digital tools is very important. Whatever opportunities we can give them to increase their knowledge is extremely beneficial.
Additional Resource: I thought the two comics above would go with what we read. It's funny how kids know more about computers or other technology based items than something as simple as what a noun is or how to write in cursive. Teachers are not really teaching or enforcing students to write in cursive anymore. I remember learning to write in cursive in second grade. I thought it was so awesome, but the sixth graders I had last year could barely write their names in cursive. Keyboarding is a class that is taught before cursive now.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)