My exquisite canvas by Angie https://padlet.com/whalange/7abcrcvzeceh Made with a creative frenzy en-us 2017-07-24 13:39:11 UTC 2017-07-25 00:37:48 UTC hello@padlet.com My guiding question for this portion of my self-directed learning was "How do I provide direct instruction in helping my students understand and acquire the content level vocabulary to address specific expectation 2.2 identify conventions and/or techniques used in a variety of media forms and explain how they convey meaning and influence their audience. whalange https://padlet.com/whalange/7abcrcvzeceh/wish/179320204 2017-07-24 14:31:40 UTC https://padlet.com/whalange/7abcrcvzeceh/wish/179320204 Traditional teaching methods do not give students the tools to comprehend and think critically about media. whalange https://padlet.com/whalange/7abcrcvzeceh/wish/179329945 2017-07-24 17:23:51 UTC https://padlet.com/whalange/7abcrcvzeceh/wish/179329945 Students in the 21st century are surrounded by media on a daily basis. They receive thousands of overt and implied messages that influence their buying habits, aesthetic choices, social behaviour, and self image. Young people need to understand the power of media – its positive and negative influences – in their lives. They also need to know how to create media for specific purposes. By creating video, often from start to finish, students understand exactly what goes into constructing media messages. whalange https://padlet.com/whalange/7abcrcvzeceh/wish/179330082 2017-07-24 17:25:34 UTC https://padlet.com/whalange/7abcrcvzeceh/wish/179330082 By deconstructing the techniques used in professional advertising and promotional materials,students become critical thinkers. By applying these techniques to their own projects, students become creative designers. Through hands-on experiences, they combine these two important sets of skills to become effective communicators. whalange https://padlet.com/whalange/7abcrcvzeceh/wish/179330120 2017-07-24 17:26:18 UTC https://padlet.com/whalange/7abcrcvzeceh/wish/179330120 “In the same way we teach traditional writing as a way of developing reading comprehension,by incorporating movie production, students became much more advanced in talking about the things that go into making a movie like costumes, makeup and special effects,”Needleman said. “It’s a real hands-on way of teaching media literacy because they are becoming much more critical thinkers about media, which is where they’re getting their information. There’s nothing in No Child Left Behind about media literacy, but it is something that is critical for students in today’s world." https://pro.sony.com/bbsccms/assets/files/mkt/edu/articles/medialiteracy.pdf whalange https://padlet.com/whalange/7abcrcvzeceh/wish/179330598 2017-07-24 17:35:07 UTC https://padlet.com/whalange/7abcrcvzeceh/wish/179330598 "The spectrum of communications technologies that we encounter in our everyday lives is much greater than the one we are educated to encounter in our schools. If schools intend to prepare people to function with efficiency and pleasure in the 21st Century, they need to catch up to this larger spectrum. As well as addressing the value issues in a play or novel, schools need to address the value issues in newscasts and feature articles. As well as addressing the aesthetics in a poem or painting, schools need to address aesthetics in a sitcom or magazine ad." whalange https://padlet.com/whalange/7abcrcvzeceh/wish/179334642 http://www.medialit.org/reading-room/making-case-media-literacy-classroom]]> 2017-07-24 18:44:23 UTC https://padlet.com/whalange/7abcrcvzeceh/wish/179334642 "In the 21st century, it is vital that all individuals develop the understanding and capability of creatively expressing their ideas through multiple forms, including multimedia. Beyond the benefits of media composition and creative expression, the skill sets students develop through media production are marketable and increasingly being integrated into courses with a focus on professional development or applied discipline research experiences." whalange https://padlet.com/whalange/7abcrcvzeceh/wish/179335350 https://www.lib.umn.edu/media/teachingmedialiteracy]]> 2017-07-24 18:54:31 UTC https://padlet.com/whalange/7abcrcvzeceh/wish/179335350 It's not enough to just teach our students about the media they're consuming. We need to give them opportunities to become creators of their own media -- and then to talk about those experiences. "Everything we see, read, or listen to is the result of someone's creative work, the more our children participate in the creative process, the greater chance they have to understand what's involved and the more they'll realize that nothing is preordained, nothing just appeared." https://www.edutopia.org/media-literacy-collaboration whalange https://padlet.com/whalange/7abcrcvzeceh/wish/179350311 2017-07-24 23:19:15 UTC https://padlet.com/whalange/7abcrcvzeceh/wish/179350311