Foundations in Media Literacy

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foundationalresearchacrossvariousmediatoevaluatehowmediaisasusedinK-12instruction,withan

awarenessofhowtheseskillswillplayoutinhighereducation,orinindividualslives.Theywillalso

investigatehowcriticalthinkingandtheInternetshapehowwelearn.Theclasswillconsiderthedistinct

contoursofmediaandinformationtechnologiesandhowtheseinfluencecurrentstudentsperceptions

oftheirsandothersrealities.Medialiteracymeansnotjustacceptingwhatispresented,butbeingan

activeuser,acriticalmediaevaluator,understandingcontent,systems,applicationandeffect,tobea

betterinformeddecisionmaker.

CoreObjectives:

1.Studentswillexaminetheevolvingnatureofsubject-matterknowledgeandtheneedforconstantly

acquiringnewideasandunderstandingswithinonesdiscipline,includingtheimpactoftechnology

andinformationsourcesonthenatureofteaching,communicationsanddevelopmentofknowledge.

CTTC1:1C,1E;ISTENETS-T

2:3A,3B

2.Studentswilldesignstrategicquestionsandopportunitiesthatappropriatelychallengestudentsand

activelyengagetheminexploringthecontentthroughstrategiessuchasdiscourseand/orinquiry-

basedlearning.

CTTC:1C,1D;ISTENETS-T:2A,2B3.Studentswilldebateandcritiquetheethicalandlegalissuesassociatedwithbringingnewmedia

technologiesandparticipatoryculturepracticesintotheclassroom.

CTTC:4A,4B;ISTENETS-T:4A,4B

4.Studentswilloutlinesomeoftheethicalchallengeswhichyouthfaceintheirrolesasmedia

producersandmembersofonlinecommunities.

CTTC:4C;ISTENETS-T:4B,4C

5.Studentswillapplytheirtheoreticalunderstandingstothedevelopmentofcurricularresourcesfor

useinschoolorafterschoolprograms.

CTTC:2A,2B,2C;ISTENETS-T:2C,2D

RequiredText(s):Potter,W.J.(2010).MediaLiteracy.SagePublications,5

thEdition.NewYork:SageCommunications.

EssentialQuestions:

Whatdoesitmeantobeliterateandhowhasthischangedasaconsequenceoftheintroductionofnewcommunicationstechnologies?

Whatsocialskillsandculturalcompetenciesdoyoungpeopleneedtoacquireiftheyaregoingtobeabletofullyparticipateinthedigitalfuture?

Whataretheethicalchoicesyoungpeoplefaceasparticipantsinonlinecommunitiesandproducersofmedia?

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CCCT: Connecticut Teacher Technology Competencies 20012 ISTE NETS-T: International Society for Technology in Education, National Educational Technology Standards

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COURSEASSESSMENTS(specificinstructionswillbedistributedseparately):

1.Attendance&in-classdiscussions(10%)

Activeparticipation,inthiscourse,isdefinedas:contributingrelevantinformationtoclassdiscussion,

demonstratinganunderstandingandengagementwithreadingassignmentsand/orconceptsdiscussed

inclass,applyingreadingandothercoursematerialstodiscussions,andbeingintellectuallypresentand

openthroughouteachclass.

2.OnlineDiscussions&DiscussionDirector(DD)(15%)

Throughoutthecourseyouwillbeexpectedtocontributeinonlinediscussions,alongwiththein-class

discussionsduringourface-to-facemeetings.Eachweekthediscussionswillfocusonaselectedreading

fortheweekandwillaskyoutohavereadandthenrespondtotheselection.Youwillrespondonlinea

minimumofonetimebeforeourweeklyclassmeetingandonetimeafterourclassmeeting.During

class,wewillsavetimetodiscussface-to-facetheselectionordiscussionsthathavearisenfrom

theliterature.Theonlinediscussionswillbeledeachweekbyoneofyourpeers.Youareexpected

toinvolveyourselfinthediscussion.Youmayrespondasoftenasyoulike,buttheminimumyoumay

respondisoncebeforeandonceafterclass.Therubricthatwillbeusedtoassessyourinvolvementinonlinediscussionswillbebasedonathree-pointscale.Therubricwillassesswhetherornotyouinvolve

yourselfinthediscussion,attentiontotheliterature,anddepthofthediscussion.Therubriccanbe

foundontheGoogleDoccontainingtheclassrubrics.Discussions,bothin-classandonlineareavaluable

andnecessarypieceoftheprofession.Practiceintheseenvironmentswillprepareyouforthesituations

thatwillpresentthemselvesthroughoutyourfuture

Eachweekallmembersoftheclasswillbeexpectedtocontributetodiscussionsinthevirtualclassroom

onGoogle+.Oneweekasemester,youwillactasaDiscussionDirector(DD)forthatweeksliterature.

Youwillberequiredtohavereadtheweeksliteratureandwritetwopromptsthataddresswhatyou

believethepertinentissuesoftheliteratureare.Youwillpostthesepromptstotheonlinediscussion

boardthedayafterourface-to-faceclasssession.Asindividualsreadtheliteratureandrespondtoyourprompts,itisyourresponsibilitytoleadadiscussionofwhatyoubelievetobetheessentialpartsofthat

weeksreadings.Intheface-to-faceclass,youwillpresentaquicksynopsis(5minutes)oftheweeks

readingsandwhatpointscameupinthediscussion.Inclass,wewillthenhavetimetodiscusshowthe

literatureaffectsthegreaterelementsofthecourseandtheeffectoninstruction.Therubriccan

befoundontheGoogleDoccontainingtheclassrubrics.Indiscussionenvironments,attimesyouwill

needtoleadagroup(ofpeersorstudents)indiscussion.Thisprovidesanopportunitytopracticethe

skillsanddispositionsneeded.

3.OnlineCollaborativeWritingResponses(15%)

ThisassignmentwillcallforyoutowritecollaborativelywithyoustudentsinclassusingICTssuchas

Wikipedia,Blogger,andGoogleDocs.Youwillworkonfourcollaborativewritingresponseswithyour

peersduringthesemester.Thesewritingsessionswillbeconductedinplaceoftheonlinediscussions

andDDresponsibilitiesfortheweek.Therubricsusedtoassessthisassignmentareavailableonthe

GoogleDoccontainingclassrubrics.

4.DefiningMediaLiteracy(20%)

Youaretoidentifyaconceptofmedialiteracyandproduceaviralvideotoplaceonlinesharingthe

findingsofyourresearchtothegeneraleducator.Thisvideoshouldbeofhighquality,andstill


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representscholarlyresearch.Yourvideowillbeuploadedtothe6YCIT-DMLWikiand6YCIT-DML

YouTubeChannel.

5.NewMediaChallenge(20%)

Forthisassignmentyouwillusemedialiteracycurrentlyavailableonline,alongwithyourgrowingskills

intheuseanddevelopmentofonlineassessmentstobuildanewmediachallenge.Thischallengewill

ultimatelybeuploadedtothe6YCIT-DMLWikiforthepurposesofbeingfullyavailableonlineto

educators.YoushouldapproachthisusingaCriticalLiteracyperspectiveandincludetheappropriate

theoreticalperspectivesyoualsochosetoguideyourwork.Youmayworkcollaborativelyonthis

project,buttheresultantprojectshouldrepresentyourcollaborativeefforts.

6.NewMediaLearners(20%)

Thefinalprojectforthisclasscallsforyoutocompleteascholarlypaper/projectofyourowndesign

(withguidancefromtheinstructor)inwhichyoumakeacontributiontotheresearchbaseonnew

medialiteraciesandtheirplaceintheclassroom.Youmustuseyourexperienceasaclassroomteacher,

yourexperiencesinthisProgram,aswellasyourgrowingexperienceworkingwithmedialiteraciesto

developaninformativepaper/projectthatdetailsanaspectofmedialiteracy,anditspedagogicalaffordances.Thispaper/projectwillbeuploadedtotheIT-DLEWiki.

GRADINGSCALE:

EducationDepartmentGradingScale,effectivefall2010

AccordingtotheUNHGraduateGradingScale,anAgrade

representssuperiorwork,aBgraderepresentsabove

averagework,andaB-representsaveragework.Students

whoseworkfallsattheC+levelorbelowthisgradeare

requiredtorepeatthecourse,asperUniversityGraduate

SchoolPolicy.IntheInternshipprogram,studentswillbe

requiredtopayfortherepeatedcourse.Incompleteswill

onlybeconsideredforstudentswhoexperienceserious

extenuatingcircumstances.Pleaseseetheinstructor

immediatelyifsuchasituationoccurs.Theassignmentofan

Number

grade

Letter

grade

equivalent

GPA

95-100 A 4.0

90-94 A- 3.7

87-89 B+ 3.5

84-86 B 3.0

80-83 B- 2.5

77-79 C+ 2.0

74-76 C 1.5

70-73 C- 1.0

Below70 F 0.0


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incompletegradeiscompletelyatthediscretionoftheinstructor.Theincompletegradewillnotbe

giventosimplyallowthestudenttoraiseagrade.

Attendance:On-timeattendanceisrequiredforallface-to-faceclasssessions.Forvideowebinars,you

mustbeontime,andpresentfortheentiremeeting.Inthecaseofdiscussionforumsyoumustbe

involvedinthediscussionatthebeginning,followthediscussionthroughouttheweeklycycle,andcontributeattheendoftheweeklycycle.Rubricsareavailableandwillbeusedtodetermineactivity

andparticipationduringthediscussions.Youcannotmakeupdiscussionsandanalysesforwhichyou

werenotpresent.Morethanonemissedclasswillresultinalowercoursegrade.Missingmorethan

threeclasseswillresultinafailinggradeforthecourse.Ifyouhaveseriousextenuatingcircumstances,

seetheinstructorimmediately.

Assignments:Assignmentsaredueatthebeginningoftheclass.Lateassignmentswillbeacceptedata

reducedgrade,atthediscretionoftheinstructor.Ifyouareunabletomeetadeadline,pleasecontact

instructorpriortoclass.

StudentCodeofConduct:StudentsareexpectedtoupholdtherulesoutlinedintheUNHStudentCode

ofConducthttp://newton.newhaven.edu/students/booklet.pdf.Studentswhoattempttocheatorturn

inanotherperson'sworkastheirownwillreceiveazeroonthatassignmentortestandmayresultina

failinggradeinthecourse.Universitypolicywillbefollowed.

StudentDisabilityStatement :Studentswithdocumenteddisabilitiesareencouragedtoshare,in

confidence,informationaboutneededspecificcourseaccommodations.Studentswithdocumented

disabilitiesarealsoencouragedtomakeindividualappointmentswiththeDirectorofDisabilityServices

&Resources,Ms.LindaCopney-Okeke,whocanbereachedbyphone203.932.7331orbyemail:

lcopney-okeke@newhaven.edusothatyoucanbeinformedofthefullrangeofstudentservices

availableattheUniversity.

ADDITIONALRESOURCES:

Bennett,W.L.(2009)."ChangingCitizenshipintheDigitalAge"inW.LanceBennett(Ed.), CivicLife

Online:LearningHowDigitalMediaCanEngageYouth.Cambridge,MA:MITPress.

Bruns,A.(2008)."EducatingProdusers,ProdusingEducation," Blogs,Wikipedia,SecondLife,and

Beyond:FromProductiontoProdusage(NewYork:PeterLang,2008),pp.337-356.

Buckingham,D.andDomaille,K.(2003)Wherehavewebeenandwherearewegoing?Resultsofthe

UNESCOGlobalSurveyofMediaEducation,pp.41-52inVonFeilitzen,C.andCarlsson,U.(eds.)

PromoteorprotectUNESCOChildren,YouthandMediaYearbookGoteborg,Sweden:Nordicom

Boyd,D.(2009)."WhyYouthSocialNetworkSites:TheRoleofNetworkedPublicsinTeenageSocial

Life,"inDavidBuckingham(Ed.)Youth,IdentityandDigitalMedia.Cambridge:MITPress.


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WeekFour

RadioandtheSoundsofMedia

Google+:ThirdDDposting.Read&respondtothe

supplementalreadings.

Assignment:BringinworknextclassonDefiningMedia

Literacyassignment.Aworkshopwillbeprovidedtoallow

forfeedbackandsuggestedrevisions.

Potter,Ch.3

Flanagin&Metzger

(2008)

WeekFive

FilmsandFilmAppreciation

Assignment:BringinworkonDefiningMediaLiteracy

assignment.Aworkshopwillbeprovidedtoallowfor

feedbackandsuggestedrevisions.

Google+:FourthDDposting.Read&respondtothe


Potter,Ch.4

Hayes(2008)

WeekSix

ThePhotographImagesandVisuals

Assignments:DefiningMediaLiteracyassignmentdue

Google+:FifthDDposting.Read&respondtothe


Potter,Ch.5

Kafai(2008)

WeekSeven

AdvertisingPart1

Reminder:NewMediaChallengeassignmentduenext

week.

Google+:SixthDDposting.Read&respondtothe


Potter,Ch.6

Mraz,Heron,&Wood

(2003)

WeekEight

AdvertisingPart2

Google+:SeventhDDposting.Read&respondtothe


Assignment:NewMediaChallengeassignmentshouldbe

completedanduploadedto6YCIT-DMLWikibytheendofclass.

Potter,Ch.7

Jenkins(2008)

WeekNine

StereotypesandIdentity

Google+:EighthDDposting.Read&respondtothe


Potter,Ch.8

McLuhan(1997)


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WeekTen

MediaOwnership

Assignment:BringinmaterialsforyourNewMedia

LearnersAssignmenttoclass.Youwillhaveaworkshopin

class.

Google+:NinthDDposting.Read&respondtothe


Potter,Ch.9

WeekEleven

PoliticsandtheMediaStructure


LearnersAssignmenttothisclass.Youwillhaveaworkshop

inclass.

Google+:TenthDDposting.Read&respondtothe


Potter,Ch.10

WeekTwelve

TheNewMediaanditsImplications


Learnersassignmenttothisclass.Youwillhaveaworkshop

inclass.Thisisduenextweek.

Google+:EleventhDDposting.Read&respondtothe


Potter,Ch.11

Buckingham&

Domaille(2003)

WeekThirteen

FinalProjectandPresentation

Reminder:Assignment:NewMediaLearnersassignment

duethisweek.Allmaterials,plansandwrittenpiecesneed

tobeuploadedtoGoogle+bytheendofthesemester.For

classyouwillneedtohaveapresentationprepared

outliningtheresearchandargumentyoumakeinyour

researchreviewandpresenttotheclassusinganytools

needed.

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