OER Presentation
Overview
Gives a little insight into media literacy.
Teaching Materials, Activities & Assessment
Setting the stage: an introduction to visual literacy and social media Start with the Introduction to Media Literacy Slide Deck "C:\Users\Megan Rice-Weber\OneDrive\Documents\CI-2300-103-Medialesson.pdf". Before you begin, plan how/where you would like students to record their ideas/responses to questions in the slides. This slide deck can be posted for asynchronous learning. Student Activities: The flexible design of this unit holds many possibilities for student practice and engagement with visual literacy skills.
Activity: Reading Social Media You can choose posts for students to select from a carefully curated set of accounts. Students can take screenshots of images and then import them into a doc, etc. for analysis. Students can also share posts with the teacher for class discussion. Make sure you have previewed the content of images, text, etc. ahead of time.
Sample. Activity: Developing Visual Literacy Students can create a slide, doc or other way to share their thinking. You can use this slide template as one way to gather student responses: Choose your own image to analyze Cross-curricular
Activity: Connecting Visual Literacy to Primary Source Analysis You can use the OPVI/E as a starting point to collaborate with your social studies department. By reinforcing literacy skills and concepts between departmentsm, you can help students realize that literacy skills are not confined to one class or subject. OPVI/E Student
Activity: Adding to the Visual Literacy Toolbox Angles, Edits and Crops Begin with a warm up. Students can analyze a post you have curated or can analyze one they have submitted as part of lesson one. Students can practice applying guiding questions and concepts to images they select. This lesson also introduces students to the concept of using copyright free images. A good resource for warm ups: Time’s top 100 pictures of 2020 Student Assessment: Create your own ad Introduce the activity. Have students brainstorm possible topics. Students can share their ideas in a variety of showcase platforms, ie whole class slide show, gallery walk, small groups, etc.