Chapter+8

=Media Literacy: 21st Century Literacy Skills=



Kids come to school media savvy - "Digital Natives"
 * Upload,download, and remix music, photos, videos, and movies
 * Text and instant message using mobile phnes and other handheld devices
 * Connect and communicate via social networking Web ites
 * Operate dgtal still and video cameras
 * Edit and post online videos
 * Create blogs, podcasts, video games, igital productions, and graphic novels
 * Participate in virtual reality games and forums

Students need more than teachers that just teach the basics: " The ability to negotiate and evaluate infomatin online, to recognize manipulation and propaganda, and to assiilate ethical values is becoming as basic to eduction as reading and writing." - ARE WE FAILING STUDENTS? OR ARE WE USING THE TOOLS STUDENTS WILL BE USING?
 * IPods
 * digital cameras
 * blogs
 * wikis

An Important Elemen in Media Literacy**
 * Critical Thinking:

Core concepts to help students think critially about media
 * Who created or paid for the message? (authorship, producer)
 * Why was it created? (purpose)
 * Who is the message designed to reach? (target audience)
 * How does the message get my attention; i what ways is the message credible? (techniques, methods)
 * How might different people from me understand this message differently? (audiences negotiating meaning)
 * What values, lifestyles, points of view re icluded or excluded and why? Where can I get more information, different perspectives, or verify the information? (research, critical thinking)
 * What can I do with this information? (decision making)

Media Literacy: What Does it Mean?
This is the ability to understand the media message and to understand the process of making media!!!!!

Allow students the ability to "Never look at television the same way again."

USEFUL SITES:

Math in Media - www.frankwbaker.com/math_in_the_media.htm

Identify Veterans and document their stories - www.pbs.org/thewar