CI5472 Teaching Film, Television, and Media
Module 2: Uses of New Media in Media Education
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There are a lot of web-based resources you can use in teaching media literacy, material that you can include in webquests or build into your own class website, such as nicenet.org. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mega-sites for media literacy links | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
These sites contain multiple links to various resources for teaching media literacy. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Video-streaming video clips | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
One of the most important resources that you will be using are video-streaming materials - video clips, short films, ads, classroom scenes, etc. You can use this material in creating webquests or units (having the students view a clip), as well as sharing clips in this course on the tappedin.org site. You simply provide the students with the URL for the clip. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
To view these clips, you will need to download one or more of the three most common plug-ins for viewing on-line video: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Help in using video-streaming software | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Working with media used to mean finding videos and video clips from the library or the video store. Finding the "right" video was often difficult, and even more difficult was the process of fast forwarding and rewinding to the "right" clip. When found, it was usually the teacher who controlled the selection and number of clips to be used that day. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Today's technologies not only provide a way to access video clips more readily, they also promote practices that allow students to be the decision makers through the learning process. Though most clips are not "downloadable," you can provide links to select video either on your homepage, a web quest or at Nicenet. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Take, for example, the Media Education Foundation web site. This organization uses their site to promote their videos related to a range of issues. Many videos available at this site offer at least a 10-minute clip available for free viewing with the Real Player plugin for your browser. So if you plan to use a clip from this web site in your lesson plan, or your web quest that you are building at, simply provide the link along with some instruction about what the learners should do when they get there. You may, for example, have your students view the video Tough Guise, about the issue of masculinity, and then have them discuss their reactions to the portrayal of this issue on Nicenet or Tappedin.org. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sites for On-line Video Clips | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Atom Films On-line documentaries [some free] Hollywood movie trailers/shorts On-line short films [some explicit material in some sites] Pixar Films: Animation Move Flix: free movies BreakTV: clips from TV shows Video clips Clips from ABC News 50 years of Coke advertisements Streaming video from Eastview High School: multimedia classes Video clips of teachers teaching: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Using the Web as a “Media Lab”: Working with Media Using the Internet | |
Building Learner-Centered Environments through Technology Integration | |
Web-based Resources for Teaching Media Literacy | |
