Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Ipad assignment
Logic Solving
Help your child learn to associate numbers with their corrilation skills. With Logic Solving children will play an old game we all grew up with.. memory. However with logic solving children have to match up a certain number with the correct amount of dots. This would be a great app to use in a K-3 classroom. Not only will the kids be learning but it will also help with their memory skills along with learning to count and use their numbers.
They could play this by themselves or even against one another. I would deffinatly use this app in my classroom for smaller children and even to teach my own children! I know my numbers and I still had fun playing it.
Rating:5/5
Price: Free
Help your child learn to associate numbers with their corrilation skills. With Logic Solving children will play an old game we all grew up with.. memory. However with logic solving children have to match up a certain number with the correct amount of dots. This would be a great app to use in a K-3 classroom. Not only will the kids be learning but it will also help with their memory skills along with learning to count and use their numbers.
They could play this by themselves or even against one another. I would deffinatly use this app in my classroom for smaller children and even to teach my own children! I know my numbers and I still had fun playing it.
Rating:5/5
Price: Free
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Webquest
Monday, November 14, 2011
Webquest
My Role: The Affiliator For Secondary
Saving the Gorillas
Strengths: Students could work together to find out questions to these answers. There are specific questions this website wants answered, and there is a goal to be reached. Gives specific websites for the students to go to to help them answer questions given.
Weaknesses: There are many typos throught the website. This could distract from work. The rubric givin on the website isn't very clear. The credits aren't sited correctly. This could show students how not to do something.
World of Shakespear:
Strengths: It is a group assignment. It has clear and direct directions. It prvides websites that the answers to their questions can be found on. The rubric is very clear and not hard to read at all.
Weaknesses: Some of the work to be turned in is a lot of work. Even if they are working in a group seeing that much work could be discouraging. It gives each group member a role. This will make them work individually for a while they should stay in groups and work as a team.
Anti Earthquake Designer
Strengths: Has fun colors and fun pictures to get students involved. Has students working in a group at all times, even though they have different names of what they are to do. Step by step instructions planned out in weeks.
Weaknesses: There are many objects the students will need to do this task. That could use up a lot of money. It is through a four week window and it gives a lot of work for these groups to do.
Foreign Country Presentation
Strengths: It has very clear instructions. Also made into a contest that will get students motivated. Websites are given to students to help them with their work.
Weaknesses: It is an individual work not group.
Waves and Sounds
Stengths: It has good directions and is easy to read. Has good websites to help the students. Easy to read rubric
Weaknesses: It is not a group activity. It is a little boring which will probably not motivate students.
Saving the Gorillas
Strengths: Students could work together to find out questions to these answers. There are specific questions this website wants answered, and there is a goal to be reached. Gives specific websites for the students to go to to help them answer questions given.
Weaknesses: There are many typos throught the website. This could distract from work. The rubric givin on the website isn't very clear. The credits aren't sited correctly. This could show students how not to do something.
World of Shakespear:
Strengths: It is a group assignment. It has clear and direct directions. It prvides websites that the answers to their questions can be found on. The rubric is very clear and not hard to read at all.
Weaknesses: Some of the work to be turned in is a lot of work. Even if they are working in a group seeing that much work could be discouraging. It gives each group member a role. This will make them work individually for a while they should stay in groups and work as a team.
Anti Earthquake Designer
Strengths: Has fun colors and fun pictures to get students involved. Has students working in a group at all times, even though they have different names of what they are to do. Step by step instructions planned out in weeks.
Weaknesses: There are many objects the students will need to do this task. That could use up a lot of money. It is through a four week window and it gives a lot of work for these groups to do.
Foreign Country Presentation
Strengths: It has very clear instructions. Also made into a contest that will get students motivated. Websites are given to students to help them with their work.
Weaknesses: It is an individual work not group.
Waves and Sounds
Stengths: It has good directions and is easy to read. Has good websites to help the students. Easy to read rubric
Weaknesses: It is not a group activity. It is a little boring which will probably not motivate students.
Saturday, November 12, 2011
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Social-networking ban for sex offenders
Summarize the argument in this article:
This article is about a law passed in Illinois to keep registered sex offenders off social media websites. The author of this article doesn't think a registered sex offender should be kicked off the web. They make many good points as to why they believe this is so.
What evidence is presented to support the argumnt:
The author gives us examples of some states who make a person register as a sex offender if they pee in public. Or if they are two teenagers and get caught having sex. These aren't the typical people I think of as sex offenders. These aren't the typical people anyone thinks of as sex offenders. I mean think about it.. do you think a streaker should be considered a sex offender?
Validate what is presented:
I think that this article makes some very good points. It is clearly stated what the author feels and they back up their opinions with facts about other states. I find this article to be very credible.
I feel that this article is correct. I am not in any way for sex offenders, and I wouldn't want them online either so they could hurt my children whenever that time comes. But I don't feel that a teenager that got a little drunk one night and was dared to go steaking should be banned from social media websites because their state made them register as a sex offender. We do need to crack down on who our children can talk to, b ut I think a lot of that is up to the parent being involved with their children.
This article is about a law passed in Illinois to keep registered sex offenders off social media websites. The author of this article doesn't think a registered sex offender should be kicked off the web. They make many good points as to why they believe this is so.
What evidence is presented to support the argumnt:
The author gives us examples of some states who make a person register as a sex offender if they pee in public. Or if they are two teenagers and get caught having sex. These aren't the typical people I think of as sex offenders. These aren't the typical people anyone thinks of as sex offenders. I mean think about it.. do you think a streaker should be considered a sex offender?
Validate what is presented:
I think that this article makes some very good points. It is clearly stated what the author feels and they back up their opinions with facts about other states. I find this article to be very credible.
I feel that this article is correct. I am not in any way for sex offenders, and I wouldn't want them online either so they could hurt my children whenever that time comes. But I don't feel that a teenager that got a little drunk one night and was dared to go steaking should be banned from social media websites because their state made them register as a sex offender. We do need to crack down on who our children can talk to, b ut I think a lot of that is up to the parent being involved with their children.
Thursday, November 3, 2011
Wikipedia Friend Or Foe
Wikipedia Friend Not Foe
Three things I learned...
1) Before class and before reading this article I had no idea that anyone could edit wikipedia. I had no idea that teachers really had that big of a problem with it. When I went to school we were encouraged to use Wikipedia but only for a starting point. I didn't know that schools actually banned this website.
2) I had no idea that Wikipedia is so widespread. I only thought it was for the english speaking nation. But in the article it states that it is in over 90 different languages.
3) Wikipedia is an online encyclopedia.. but there are entries on it that aren't included in the actual encyclopedia.
Two thing that surprised me..
1) I find it amazing how fast information can be put on wikipedia. The Virginia Tech example amazed me. I remember being in school watching the whole thing as it unfolded because where I lived we were all "Hookie Fans." It's just so crazy!
2) Students like us are constantly editing wikipedia to make it a more credible resource to use in papers! As they find information they put it in wikipedia.. I think this is so neat!
Question
Why are so many teachers against this site? After reading this I don't see why it's so bad.. I actually think its really helpful!
Related Resource
This link talks about how wikipedia tops the charts in where students plagarize from. This could be the reason so many reachers are against this website. I believe however it's the students fault for being lazy and not understanding plagarizim is bad and that teachers do look on all sites even if they are forbidden to use.
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Three things I learned...
1) Before class and before reading this article I had no idea that anyone could edit wikipedia. I had no idea that teachers really had that big of a problem with it. When I went to school we were encouraged to use Wikipedia but only for a starting point. I didn't know that schools actually banned this website.
2) I had no idea that Wikipedia is so widespread. I only thought it was for the english speaking nation. But in the article it states that it is in over 90 different languages.
3) Wikipedia is an online encyclopedia.. but there are entries on it that aren't included in the actual encyclopedia.
Two thing that surprised me..
1) I find it amazing how fast information can be put on wikipedia. The Virginia Tech example amazed me. I remember being in school watching the whole thing as it unfolded because where I lived we were all "Hookie Fans." It's just so crazy!
2) Students like us are constantly editing wikipedia to make it a more credible resource to use in papers! As they find information they put it in wikipedia.. I think this is so neat!
Question
Why are so many teachers against this site? After reading this I don't see why it's so bad.. I actually think its really helpful!
Related Resource
This link talks about how wikipedia tops the charts in where students plagarize from. This could be the reason so many reachers are against this website. I believe however it's the students fault for being lazy and not understanding plagarizim is bad and that teachers do look on all sites even if they are forbidden to use.
Click here to see my resource
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Wikipedia-American Bulldogs.
The American Bulldog.
1) At first glance I saw no clean up option at the top of the screen. There was however a note that stated the site needed more citations or else information would be dismissed.
2)
1) At first glance I saw no clean up option at the top of the screen. There was however a note that stated the site needed more citations or else information would be dismissed.
2)
| Is it written in a clear and organized way? | Yes |
| Is the tone neutral (not taking sides)? | There are some parts where it is a little one sided. |
| Are all important facts referenced (you're told where they come from)? | No, there are several places there are no citations. |
| Does the information provided seem complete or does it look like there are gaps (or just one side of the story)? It is complete. |
3) There are only 5 references and these references seem to be reliable.
4) Most of the ratings are higher then 4. This makes me believe that this page is very reliable.
5) I believe this website is partially reliable. I don't believe I would use it as a source, but it has very good topics for a starting point.
Wikipedia
Wikipedia
a. What is Wikipedia? A multimedia web based encyclopedia.
b. How would you answer the question posed in this piece “How reliable can a source be when anyone can edit it?”? I don't believe that a source could be very reliable when just anyone can edit it. You don't know how reliable this person is. However whenever someone edits a page a wikipedia member can look and see what exactly what was said.
c. Who do the creators of Wikipedia place their trust in when it comes to weeding out misinformation? The wisdom of the crowds.
d. Why did founder Larry Sanger leave Wikipedia? He believed the site should give more authority to experts.
e. What would abuse or vandalism look like on a Wikipedia page? Abuse or vandalism would just look like someone went in and put what ever they wanted. But with someone constantly looking you wouldn't really ever see it.
f. What do the statistics quoted in the third paragraph of this piece reveal? They show how many languages this website is in.
g. Why do you think Wikipedia is so successful? Because it's free and easy to use.
h. Why might Wikipedia’s creators not want to accept advertising? They would then use more money then they already do.
i. How does Wikiscanner help increase the reliability of Wikipedia entries? It exposes self interested editing very quickly.
a. What is Wikipedia? A multimedia web based encyclopedia.
b. How would you answer the question posed in this piece “How reliable can a source be when anyone can edit it?”? I don't believe that a source could be very reliable when just anyone can edit it. You don't know how reliable this person is. However whenever someone edits a page a wikipedia member can look and see what exactly what was said.
c. Who do the creators of Wikipedia place their trust in when it comes to weeding out misinformation? The wisdom of the crowds.
d. Why did founder Larry Sanger leave Wikipedia? He believed the site should give more authority to experts.
e. What would abuse or vandalism look like on a Wikipedia page? Abuse or vandalism would just look like someone went in and put what ever they wanted. But with someone constantly looking you wouldn't really ever see it.
f. What do the statistics quoted in the third paragraph of this piece reveal? They show how many languages this website is in.
g. Why do you think Wikipedia is so successful? Because it's free and easy to use.
h. Why might Wikipedia’s creators not want to accept advertising? They would then use more money then they already do.
i. How does Wikiscanner help increase the reliability of Wikipedia entries? It exposes self interested editing very quickly.
Monday, October 31, 2011
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Double Entry Journal 10
Three things I learned from these websites:
1) There are many different things that go along with a learning disability. That many people don't understand, it is a complex thing with no two people having the same difficulties.
2) Many people don't understand exactly what a learning disability can consist of. Many people just see these students as dumb or lazy where they are the complete opposite.
3) Most students with learning disabilities have to teach themselves in order to fully understand what is going on in class. They have trouble with reading, writing, and math and each one is more severe then the other.
What can asisstive technology do:
1) These tools if they fit the person is right for it will help boost their self-esteem and build confidence.
2) It will also help them to learn in different ways. It helps them to express themselves by helping them with their feelings.
Related Resource
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This resource I found was a very good tool in understanding asisstive technology. It shows how kids with autism are finding the Ipad apps very helpful in expressing themselves and even talk for them.
Citations:
60 minutes [Television series episode]. (2011). Retrieved from http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7385686n
1) There are many different things that go along with a learning disability. That many people don't understand, it is a complex thing with no two people having the same difficulties.
2) Many people don't understand exactly what a learning disability can consist of. Many people just see these students as dumb or lazy where they are the complete opposite.
3) Most students with learning disabilities have to teach themselves in order to fully understand what is going on in class. They have trouble with reading, writing, and math and each one is more severe then the other.
What can asisstive technology do:
1) These tools if they fit the person is right for it will help boost their self-esteem and build confidence.
2) It will also help them to learn in different ways. It helps them to express themselves by helping them with their feelings.
Related Resource
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This resource I found was a very good tool in understanding asisstive technology. It shows how kids with autism are finding the Ipad apps very helpful in expressing themselves and even talk for them.
Citations:
60 minutes [Television series episode]. (2011). Retrieved from http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7385686n
The 5 W's of cyberspace
Dog Island Free Forever
Who: The press and co-founder of this organization is stated as Xiao Min. There is an email address to contact this person along with so background information as to why he founded this place. There are several other names to this company along with their email address. However these names just don't seem real. Their stories aren't all that credible either. It makes it seem as though these people aren't real.
What: This website although it is easy to read is a little hard to understand. It's just such a crazy thought it's mind boggaling! You are to send your dog or dogs in a crate to some far away island where they are free to roam. The information is consistent and gives you a form to fill out to send your dog. However as i stated above it is very difficult to feel that this information is real.
When: This website was created in 2003 and has been updated many times since. You can also send these people emails that work.
Where: This is a .html website so it is free for the world to see. With this ending however it's not the most reliable website there is. The beginning is just the name of the company.
Why: This website is probably the best place to find out this information. There aren't any numbers to call and we don't know that the directors will even check their email on a daily bases. You can find everything you need to know on this website.
Who: The press and co-founder of this organization is stated as Xiao Min. There is an email address to contact this person along with so background information as to why he founded this place. There are several other names to this company along with their email address. However these names just don't seem real. Their stories aren't all that credible either. It makes it seem as though these people aren't real.
What: This website although it is easy to read is a little hard to understand. It's just such a crazy thought it's mind boggaling! You are to send your dog or dogs in a crate to some far away island where they are free to roam. The information is consistent and gives you a form to fill out to send your dog. However as i stated above it is very difficult to feel that this information is real.
When: This website was created in 2003 and has been updated many times since. You can also send these people emails that work.
Where: This is a .html website so it is free for the world to see. With this ending however it's not the most reliable website there is. The beginning is just the name of the company.
Why: This website is probably the best place to find out this information. There aren't any numbers to call and we don't know that the directors will even check their email on a daily bases. You can find everything you need to know on this website.
Friday, October 21, 2011
Online Relationships
Quote
"More than 50% of these participants had moved from an internet relationship to a "real life" one. Nearly a quarter became engaged, married or lived together."(Owens, 2009)
Reaction
I find it so hard to believe that there are people out there meeting the love of their lives online. I couldn't imagine meeting anyone online and having the courage to meet them in person. You never know what you are going to run into, because people can make up things online. They can use different kinds of pictures that may make them look younger.. they could even be serial killers and no one would ever know! I know that they have criminal background checks for free onine, but who is to say this person didn't make up a name? I just find it off that someone could meet and marry a person they met online.
I know many friendships are from meeting online but what do you think the actuality of those two people actually meeting are? I have never really noticed how much social media is evolving. How much courage people have to meet someone they really have no idea who they are. I feel that as teachers we need to teach our students how to be careful about who all they become friends with and who all they tell much of their information to.
Related Resource
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With this resource it shows how people need to watch out for online sex offenders. They are everywhere! People don't realize just how dangerous the online world really is.
Sources
Online predators-child safety. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.microsoft.com/security/family-safety/predators.aspx
Owens, L. (2009, April 23). Internet & anti-social behavior theory unfounded. Retrieved from https://online.fairmontstate.edu/webct/urw/lc15057011.tp0/cobaltMainFrame.dowebct
"More than 50% of these participants had moved from an internet relationship to a "real life" one. Nearly a quarter became engaged, married or lived together."(Owens, 2009)
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I find it so hard to believe that there are people out there meeting the love of their lives online. I couldn't imagine meeting anyone online and having the courage to meet them in person. You never know what you are going to run into, because people can make up things online. They can use different kinds of pictures that may make them look younger.. they could even be serial killers and no one would ever know! I know that they have criminal background checks for free onine, but who is to say this person didn't make up a name? I just find it off that someone could meet and marry a person they met online.
I know many friendships are from meeting online but what do you think the actuality of those two people actually meeting are? I have never really noticed how much social media is evolving. How much courage people have to meet someone they really have no idea who they are. I feel that as teachers we need to teach our students how to be careful about who all they become friends with and who all they tell much of their information to.
Related Resource
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With this resource it shows how people need to watch out for online sex offenders. They are everywhere! People don't realize just how dangerous the online world really is.
Sources
Online predators-child safety. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.microsoft.com/security/family-safety/predators.aspx
Owens, L. (2009, April 23). Internet & anti-social behavior theory unfounded. Retrieved from https://online.fairmontstate.edu/webct/urw/lc15057011.tp0/cobaltMainFrame.dowebct
Monday, October 17, 2011
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Lets try something different!
Quote
"Unfortunately, most learning institutions find that idea very difficult to swallow. They consider the various forms of nonwritten communication as some type of therapy or art, something that is not relevant to the everyday life of a student. This is wrong." (Daly, 2004)
Reaction
I believe that all learning institutions need to find ways to use media in the ways they educate these 21st century students. I agree with this article that the ways we as students are being taught is stuck in the 19th century. Still in some classes I am taking now teachers just sit in front of the class and lecture the whole time. This for me is very boring and on occasion I have trouble staying awake. I want to be taught with tools that in todays world are popular like a computer. I want to do hands on activities that interest me! I know that younger kids probably want the same thing I do and just as I aren't getting them. I feel that when I become a teacher I need to find ways to interest my students and keep them interested. That way they will want to learn and stay awake during class. If we don't interest our students they won't ever learn. They'll be thinking of different things like what that text said before class, or wonder whats going on in the world of Facebook. To keep this from happening teachers need to use different tools that they enjoy using to help them learn.
Related Resource
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In this link I found tips and ideas to teach using films. Movies or even just an activity on the computer can help your students learn... as long as it's interesting. It not only will give you a break from talking and writing on the board, but it will give it's students a break as well.
Citations
Green, R. (n.d.). Teaching psychology through film, video. Retrieved from http://www.psychologicalscience.org/teaching/tips/tips_0703.cfm
Daly, J. (2004, September 14). Life on the screen: visual literacy in education. Retrieved from https://online.fairmontstate.edu/webct/urw/lc15057011.tp0/cobaltMainFrame.dowebct
"Unfortunately, most learning institutions find that idea very difficult to swallow. They consider the various forms of nonwritten communication as some type of therapy or art, something that is not relevant to the everyday life of a student. This is wrong." (Daly, 2004)
Reaction
I believe that all learning institutions need to find ways to use media in the ways they educate these 21st century students. I agree with this article that the ways we as students are being taught is stuck in the 19th century. Still in some classes I am taking now teachers just sit in front of the class and lecture the whole time. This for me is very boring and on occasion I have trouble staying awake. I want to be taught with tools that in todays world are popular like a computer. I want to do hands on activities that interest me! I know that younger kids probably want the same thing I do and just as I aren't getting them. I feel that when I become a teacher I need to find ways to interest my students and keep them interested. That way they will want to learn and stay awake during class. If we don't interest our students they won't ever learn. They'll be thinking of different things like what that text said before class, or wonder whats going on in the world of Facebook. To keep this from happening teachers need to use different tools that they enjoy using to help them learn.
Related Resource
Click here for my related resource!
In this link I found tips and ideas to teach using films. Movies or even just an activity on the computer can help your students learn... as long as it's interesting. It not only will give you a break from talking and writing on the board, but it will give it's students a break as well.
Citations
Green, R. (n.d.). Teaching psychology through film, video. Retrieved from http://www.psychologicalscience.org/teaching/tips/tips_0703.cfm
Daly, J. (2004, September 14). Life on the screen: visual literacy in education. Retrieved from https://online.fairmontstate.edu/webct/urw/lc15057011.tp0/cobaltMainFrame.dowebct
Monday, October 10, 2011
My Magazine Cover
The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires. ~William Arthur Ward
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
Media Literacy
Quote
"Media literacy in the past tended to focus on alerting students to stereotypes, advertising, and propaganda and on protecting them from undesirable influences.Today's digital media literacy encompasses many additional topics, from using search engines, to creating Web sites and online profiles, to participating in social networking. One of the most basic strands of media literacy emphasizes the skills and knowledge students need to locate and critically assess online content." (David, 2009)
Reaction
I do believe that today's media literacy is a good tool in helping todays children. But still I do believe that it is hard for today's kids with all the media online and on television for children to get away from those undesirable influences. We as teachers need to help our students understand what is good and bad. I feel that today's teachers try and help their students learn whats good and bad but they have difficulties in how to do so. Teachers don't understand that it's not always taught at home, and don't really know what students are up against.
Media literacy in all aspects is very critical in what we need to be teaching out students. We need to understand they are under many different kinds of pressures in todays society. We need to teach them what to expect and how to understand what is really going on.
Related Resource
In this video media literacy for the digital age is discussed and how to help students understand whats going on in todays society.
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Sources
David, J. (2009, March). Teaching media literacy. Retrieved from https://online.fairmontstate.edu/webct/urw/lc15057011.tp0/cobaltMainFrame.dowebct
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVzLRher5Cw From youtube
"Media literacy in the past tended to focus on alerting students to stereotypes, advertising, and propaganda and on protecting them from undesirable influences.Today's digital media literacy encompasses many additional topics, from using search engines, to creating Web sites and online profiles, to participating in social networking. One of the most basic strands of media literacy emphasizes the skills and knowledge students need to locate and critically assess online content." (David, 2009)
Reaction
I do believe that today's media literacy is a good tool in helping todays children. But still I do believe that it is hard for today's kids with all the media online and on television for children to get away from those undesirable influences. We as teachers need to help our students understand what is good and bad. I feel that today's teachers try and help their students learn whats good and bad but they have difficulties in how to do so. Teachers don't understand that it's not always taught at home, and don't really know what students are up against.
Media literacy in all aspects is very critical in what we need to be teaching out students. We need to understand they are under many different kinds of pressures in todays society. We need to teach them what to expect and how to understand what is really going on.
Related Resource
In this video media literacy for the digital age is discussed and how to help students understand whats going on in todays society.
Click here to view my related resource.
Sources
David, J. (2009, March). Teaching media literacy. Retrieved from https://online.fairmontstate.edu/webct/urw/lc15057011.tp0/cobaltMainFrame.dowebct
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVzLRher5Cw From youtube
Thursday, September 29, 2011
Media Literacy
Quote
"The tools of visual, media, and information literacy must be taught in school because they will (or won't be) taught at home." ("A seven power," 2003)
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I feel that I say this in a lot of my blog posts, but I have never before this class learned about media literacy. It was something that was never brought up in class or at home.. but I feel this is because my teachers had little or no knowledge or how to teach it if they knew anything about it to begin with. My parents know that I am not really one to pick up a newspaper and read it or even sit down and watch the news. I don't feel any need to because I know I won't get the whole story, or even lied to about something. If I wanted to be lied to I would go talk to my little brother. So media literacy was never anything I thought I would need.
But during class when we used this with an activity I found it very informative and I know that it's something I could teach my students and maybe get them involved. I'm not sure there is really anything in the math field that I could use, but if there is just something that catches my eye maybe I could use that. I never thought that you could look at a picture and infer so many things that leaves you wanting to know more.
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My related resource is a lesson plan that involves critical thinking and media literacy. It shows students that they need to use these skills everyday, because they see media messages while watching t.v., listening to the radio, or even just walking down the road.
Citations.
(2003). A seven power lens on 21st century literacy. Retrieved from https://online.fairmontstate.edu/webct/urw/lc15057011.tp0/cobaltMainFrame.dowebct
Henry, L. (n.d.). Critical media literacy:comercial advertising. Retrieved from http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/critical-media-literacy-commercial-97.html
"The tools of visual, media, and information literacy must be taught in school because they will (or won't be) taught at home." ("A seven power," 2003)
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I feel that I say this in a lot of my blog posts, but I have never before this class learned about media literacy. It was something that was never brought up in class or at home.. but I feel this is because my teachers had little or no knowledge or how to teach it if they knew anything about it to begin with. My parents know that I am not really one to pick up a newspaper and read it or even sit down and watch the news. I don't feel any need to because I know I won't get the whole story, or even lied to about something. If I wanted to be lied to I would go talk to my little brother. So media literacy was never anything I thought I would need.
But during class when we used this with an activity I found it very informative and I know that it's something I could teach my students and maybe get them involved. I'm not sure there is really anything in the math field that I could use, but if there is just something that catches my eye maybe I could use that. I never thought that you could look at a picture and infer so many things that leaves you wanting to know more.
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My related resource is a lesson plan that involves critical thinking and media literacy. It shows students that they need to use these skills everyday, because they see media messages while watching t.v., listening to the radio, or even just walking down the road.
Citations.
(2003). A seven power lens on 21st century literacy. Retrieved from https://online.fairmontstate.edu/webct/urw/lc15057011.tp0/cobaltMainFrame.dowebct
Henry, L. (n.d.). Critical media literacy:comercial advertising. Retrieved from http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/critical-media-literacy-commercial-97.html
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
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