RAISIN IN THE SUN

RAISIN IN THE SUN

There are three main parts.

1) De-construct: (Read Media) Media Literacy Activities (deconstructing news, advertisement, and newspapers; POV (point of view) exercise, etc.)

2) Research: (Use Media) Information Literacy (library Skills, researching internet resources, etc.)

3) Construct: (Create Media) Media Production (creating a website, webquests, video documentary, multimedia presentation) Here are a few links that I found interesting to share

Students Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of the course, students will be able to:

Develop skills in critically analyzing print, audio, and video messages.
Define literacy in an information age.
Integrate the use of computers and multimedia software in an instructional context.
Produce audio/video digital projects. (Process will be emphasized during the sessions not the product.)
Use on line resources for research and classroom activities.
Make a presentation using technology.
Ability to integrate of technology and multicultural education in the multimedia projects (webquests, documentaries, public service announcements, etc.).

Course Content

1. How to write a script and construct a storyboard

2. Video Production Techniques

3. Video Editing Techniques

4. Violence on TV and the effects on the youth, minorities

5. Commercials in our lives

6. Points of View: Our reliable sources for news

7. How to use the Internet as a learning/sharing tool.

8. De-construction activities

9. Presenting projects using technology

Teaching/ Learning Methods

· Lectures

· Readings

· Writing (journals, scripts, storyboarding)

· Presentations

· Demonstrations

· Modeling

· Hand-on learning

· Discussions (in class/online)

· Cooperative learning

Students will understand course materials through lectures, journal entries, cooperative group experiences, responses to professional journal articles, and oral presentations of individual and group projects. In addition, students will experience demonstration of technology applications, including the use of videotapes, computer software, and Internet browsers.

Reading material

10 Classroom Approaches to Media Literacy

http://www.medialit.org/reading_room/article338.html

The Seven Great Debates in the Media Literacy Movement
http://www.medialit.org/reading_room/article2.html

Video Basics and Production Projects for the Classroom
http://www.medialit.org/reading_room/article3.html

What Media Literacy is NOT

http://www.medialit.org/reading_room/article380.html

ONLINE RESOURCES

For ideas creating documentary

American Photography A Century of Images

Basic Strategies in Reading Photographs

BEYOND THE FIRE