What happens when we see our lives represented through mainstream media ...What happens when we don't?
This quote really applies to the students that we teach today. Many of our students are a member of a social network, whether it be Facebook or twitter or something else. Many of the students I have in class know how to create videos, post videos to YouTube and even maninulplate those videos. The students are experts when it comes to pictures and manipulating the images. Our students are working with these technologies outside of school on a daily basics, this is what they are interested in and what they are doing in their spare time. Students are used to creating a piece of art and displaying it. Our students are involved in media each and everyday of their lives, however many of them do not think that they are since they do not see it through the television. We need to show this connection to our students and help them understand it.
This is a really cool video about how one school or one area is encouraging their students to create media productions and participate in a competition to receive rewards for those productions. I love this idea, it would be neat if we could offer a program similar to this in this area.
northsideisd (Producer). (2011). Digital media fair . [Web Video]. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W37uZRPpCoM
I think you have a really good point about how students are already creating these items. As teachers, a great way to introduce and enforce critical media literacy would be to begin with artifacts that students are already creating and teach them how to analyze and critique these works.
ReplyDeleteGood quoute and very well interpreted. I so see that kids are uploading videos they are creating all the time. Digital storytelling is a little more involved than a typical student video, but this would be a great start for kids to create a digital story.
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