Renovating the English classroom - Classroom 2.02024-03-29T12:23:28Zhttps://www.classroom20.com/forum/topics/649749:Topic:48777?commentId=649749%3AComment%3A68710&feed=yes&xn_auth=noYou may want to check out the…tag:www.classroom20.com,2008-06-27:649749:Comment:1547462008-06-27T17:52:30.257ZMarielle Palombohttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/Marielle
You may want to check out the <a href="http://newmedialiteracies.org/">New Media Literacies Project</a> led by Henry Jenkins at MIT. They have a white paper that's worth reading called "Confronting the Challenges of Participatory Culture: Media Education for the 21st Century."<br />
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I'm interested in how new media can support traditional literacy as well. I write about this on my blog, <a href="http://authorship.edublogs.org/">Authorship 2.0</a>, and I'd welcome any discussion about how we as…
You may want to check out the <a href="http://newmedialiteracies.org/">New Media Literacies Project</a> led by Henry Jenkins at MIT. They have a white paper that's worth reading called "Confronting the Challenges of Participatory Culture: Media Education for the 21st Century."<br />
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I'm interested in how new media can support traditional literacy as well. I write about this on my blog, <a href="http://authorship.edublogs.org/">Authorship 2.0</a>, and I'd welcome any discussion about how we as teachers can help students develop media literacy and other literacies at the same time. "Media" literacy is a huge to…tag:www.classroom20.com,2008-01-15:649749:Comment:979362008-01-15T12:22:11.175ZGavinhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/Gavin
"Media" literacy is a huge topic - it would be helpful to know exactly what you mean. I teach English and Media Studies, so have a few tips and tricks you could try. Are you after film/television language, becoming savvy of media institutions, being literate in new media?<br />
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Advertising is always a good one for English and can be done in many creative ways depending on the tech available to you. TV advertising is good if you have the resources - this can begin with some learning about film…
"Media" literacy is a huge topic - it would be helpful to know exactly what you mean. I teach English and Media Studies, so have a few tips and tricks you could try. Are you after film/television language, becoming savvy of media institutions, being literate in new media?<br />
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Advertising is always a good one for English and can be done in many creative ways depending on the tech available to you. TV advertising is good if you have the resources - this can begin with some learning about film language and its connotations/persuasive effects; I would then follow it up with an investigation into branding (this could be a company, like Nike or Mercedez, or a person, like David Beckham or Madonna). This can involve the kids exploring YouTube and Google Images and then collaboratively publishing their findings on a blog, wiki or using Google Docs/Zoho.<br />
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The kids are thereby enabled to try their own exercise in branding, working in groups to develop a brand for a fictitious company or celebrity through the various forms of advertising they have encountered. The classes that have I have tried this with have all loved it - from those with very low motivation to the "high fliers".<br />
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I don't know about "without distraction", though. I'm a great believer in going off-script and letting the kids' questions dictate where the lesson goes. Saw a brilliant show on TV th…tag:www.classroom20.com,2008-01-14:649749:Comment:977162008-01-14T23:46:15.638ZNancy Boschhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/nbosch
Saw a brilliant show on TV the other night and I'm searching all over the place to see if there is a DVD. It was called the History of Lex, it would be great for middle school/high school kiddos. I'll stop back if I find out what channel it was on.
Saw a brilliant show on TV the other night and I'm searching all over the place to see if there is a DVD. It was called the History of Lex, it would be great for middle school/high school kiddos. I'll stop back if I find out what channel it was on. I agree that it needs to be b…tag:www.classroom20.com,2008-01-14:649749:Comment:976812008-01-14T23:25:07.104ZAmy Wrighthttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/AmyWright
I agree that it needs to be broken up to keep the students fully engaged in the learning of language. Language is a subject that can be dragged out and boring for students. Finding new ways to present infomation using technology, hand-ons, or interractive in some way will help keeping the unwanted distractions at bay.
I agree that it needs to be broken up to keep the students fully engaged in the learning of language. Language is a subject that can be dragged out and boring for students. Finding new ways to present infomation using technology, hand-ons, or interractive in some way will help keeping the unwanted distractions at bay. Have you seen this ? Google L…tag:www.classroom20.com,2007-11-08:649749:Comment:726422007-11-08T00:43:20.496ZNancy Boschhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/nbosch
Have you seen this ? <a href="http://www.googlelittrips.org/">Google Lit Trips</a>
Have you seen this ? <a href="http://www.googlelittrips.org/">Google Lit Trips</a> We do online book discussions…tag:www.classroom20.com,2007-10-31:649749:Comment:687102007-10-31T00:38:46.922ZNancy Boschhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/nbosch
We do online book discussions using Moodle, there are ups and downs--I could share if you are interested. Have you seen that University professor's site. All her students do everything online. I think Steve might know who I'm talking about. I'll hunt around and see if I can find her links.
We do online book discussions using Moodle, there are ups and downs--I could share if you are interested. Have you seen that University professor's site. All her students do everything online. I think Steve might know who I'm talking about. I'll hunt around and see if I can find her links. Break it into little pieces,…tag:www.classroom20.com,2007-10-30:649749:Comment:685932007-10-30T19:26:57.487ZPaul Driverhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/PaulDriver
Break it into little pieces, create your own distractions, and encourage them to think for themselves with open-ended tasks and discussions.
Break it into little pieces, create your own distractions, and encourage them to think for themselves with open-ended tasks and discussions.