Monday, August 24, 2009

Welcome to Grade 8 Media Literacy

Use the Class One PowerPoint Presentation to introduce the course and play the Media Literacy People Bingo game to get to know the students.

Class One Grade 8 Presentation


Media Literacy People Bingo



















Use the Class Two PowerPoint Presentation to quickly discuss classroom rules and routines and than have the students try to login using their student number and last year's last password. Discuss the importance of not forgetting passwords and how to remember your password all year. Finally, show students how to save their work in their HOME DRIVE and give them time to practise this skill. Also, introduce the idea of an Online Media Locker in the form of a Blog.

Class Two Presentation



Here is an example of a Media Locker Blog. Students who successfully create and maintain a Media Locker Blog are more likely to get an A or A+.

•This year I am challenging all grade 7 and 8 students to create their own VIRTUAL MEDIA LOCKER ONLINE.
•Your online media locker should have the following:
ALL YOUR MEDIA LITERACY PROJECTS OVER THE YEAR
REFLECTIONS (JOURNAL ENTRIES) ABOUT THE TOPICS COVERED OVER THE YEAR
LINKS TO RELEVENT WEBSITES ABOUT THE TOPICS COVERED OVER THE YEAR.
While I use blogger.com to create my blog, you may use any free online websites or blogs.
Let’s have a look at an example….