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The Media Savvy Classroom
Competing With MTV and NINTENDO Instructor - John Schaefer, Children's Media Workshop Director |
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| An online course designed to empower teachers to use media technologies in their classrooms. Through the acquisition of real Media Literacy and Digital Technology skills educators will be able to use the language of popular culture to make learning interesting, relevant, and effective. The average k-12 student participates in 5 hours and 29 minutes of media a day. Kaiser-Permanente Study 1999 (http://www.kff.org/content/1999/1535/ ) The objective of the course is to span the Media Divide – the vast gap between those who make media and bombard our children with it mostly in the interest of commercial gain, and the opportunity that new digital technologies present for educators to create content rich, substantive media experiences that can be used in the classroom. Overcoming techno-phobia and resistance among educators to use new technologies is a major benefit of the course. This is accomplished by starting with a known media experience (video) and then inviting educators to expand into digital as a natural progression to accomplish their own relevant teaching goals. This course begins with learning the basic concepts of Media Literacy, the most overlooked important skill set in the world of K-12 education. Understanding how to interpret media messages and make critical decisions about them is a prerequisite for active 21st Century citizenship. Educators will learn how to deconstruct media and teach these skills to their students. The course will then introduce the latest user-friendly digital technologies. These become powerful tools in the hands of the committed media literate educational professional. This is a hands-on, eyes and ears on, learning experience (we’re still working on taste and smell). The course includes classroom activities and experimentation as an integral part of the learning process. It will be enjoyable – nothing is more fun than learning and teaching newly acquired skills to others. Please note that this online course adheres to a "best teaching practices" structure that values individual attention, feedback, and participation. Participants will be pioneers helping to define this new paradigm. Time Frame: 3 to 4 Weeks Prerequisites / Materials: Internet Access VCR Mac or PC (welcome to the screwy world of cross platform) Access to a digital camera or digital camcorder is helpful Course Outline Section 1 Media Literacy, The Media and the Message, Deconstructing the Media Media As Language Proliferation – the studies Digital Technology In The Real World Classroom Online Resources Video Deconstruction Activity Section 2 Using Digital Media To Communicate, Images and E-mail Classroom Feedback from Section 1 Visual Literacy – the grammar and syntax E-mail as a media rich communication Attachments Controlling Output – Resolution (pixels vs. pixies) Communicating with Images Activity Section 3 Creating and Using Media Rich Classroom Learning Activities Feedback/Critique from Section 2 Designing and implementing a classroom lesson plan using digital media Resources - an introduction to useful applications PowerPoint - presentations Photoshop – image editing GoLive, Dreamweaver, and Flash – making web sites Quicktime, Media Player – viewing images & movies imovie, Pinnacle Studio – digital video editing Design and Implement a Classroom Lesson Plan Activity Lesson Plan Critique and Feedback Next Steps – what you need and where to get it Teacher Community Resources |
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