To achieve this learners need to be media literate and develop their ability to analyse, evaluate and respond to various forms of media. This includes understanding what media is, making informed judgements about media and most importantly, creating and sharing their own media.
Smart Learners critically examine information online
Thinking about Smart Media in Junior Classes
Understanding Media
Cybersmart Kōrero
How might you harness the kōrero and vocabulary generated in response to the images?
Key Question: why is it important to balance our use of media and technology with technology free activities
Learners create their own images and text of activities they engage in with technology and technology free, at school and with whānau.
Understanding Media
Gallery Walk
learners’ local community and school
Think/Pair/Share or
Give One/Get One
Constructing Media
How might you harness the kōrero and vocabulary generated in response to exploring images suggested in the previous slides?
Use your class/individual blogs to explore media created by others.
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Key question: Media is created by people. Why is it important to recognise the person or people who created the media?
Learners show their appreciation by giving credit to someone in their class who has created something e.g. create a DLO sharing something a peer has created and attribute:
Introducing learners to attributing the work of other creators
Evaluating Media
Real or Fake
Identify opportunities to explore and share ideas about media in existing learning programmes that encourage learners to be curious and ask questions.
Fauxtography
From a blog post by Kristen Mattson for Secondary could also be harnessed with juniors to kick off a lesson. Select media that encourages use of subject specific vocabulary.
National Library of New Zealand
Man `catching' a shark circa 1910
What is this Phishing thing?
Common Sense Education
Seeing is Believing (lesson notes)
Repurpose and select media (images and video) in response to your learners.
Possible Media Sources
What’s wrong with this picture?
Take a look at the images below. Look carefully. �Can you spot a difference between the two pictures?
From
Be Internet Awesome
Noticing & extended conversations through looking more closely at media
How do we make sure other people will understand what we mean when we post online?
Let’s
From
Be Internet Awesome
Using language, symbols, and texts.
Photo Fakes - Analyzing Media
Learners understand how easy it can be to construct fake media