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Using Visual Media to Teach Critical Thinking

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Academic Computing Coordinator:

Arts, Performance and Recreation

Carleton College

Agenda 8:00 Settling in and

Introductions 8:30 Types of Visual Media 9:00 Creating an

Assignment 9:30 Break 10:00 Creating an

Assignment (continued) 10:00 Grading 11:00 Individual

Questions/ Follow Up

Name Where you’re from What you do there What prompted you

to attend this workshop?(or what’s one thing you hope to learn today?)

Let’s find out who’s here…and why

Background Information

Why are we even talking about this?

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90

Movies

Videos/Pre recorded TV

Internet

Video Games

Print (Mag, News, Books)

TV

Music

13

42

47

52

73

81

85

Media Usage of 8-18-Year-Olds On A Typical Day

Percent that Use…

Percentage

0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

1999

2004

16%

26%

Proportion of media time spent using more than one medium simultaneously

(average of all years)

Percentage

24%

25%

25%

26%

26%

27%

27%

8-10 year olds 11-14 year olds 15-18 year olds

27%

25% 25%

Proportion of media time spent using more than one medium simultaneously

Percentage

The intellectually disciplined process of actively and skillfully conceptualizing, applying, analyzing, synthesizing, and/or evaluating information gathered from, or generated by, observation, experience, reflection, reasoning, or communication, as a guide to belief and action.

(Scriven and Paul, 1992)

Bloom’s Taxonomy

We want

to focus on the

top four

…has been for the

students to consume

•Please break into small groups of 3 or so people.

•Brainstorm answers to the following question:

•What types of visual media assignments are possible?

•Feel free to be as specific as you would like.

Digital storytelling

Integrate visual media with an e-portfolio

Options for students- allow them to be creative and different learning styles

Web page

Create a video documentary

Symbol or logo

Crossword puzzle

Cell phone images

Collaboration- problem solving

Videos

To teach process- images as expression and to create an argument- Photo Essay

Multimedia scholarly essays

Magazine

Music Videos

Virtual Field Trips

Cartoons

Maps

The course aims to teach students to read critically and analyze thoroughly the evidence and arguments with

which they engage; to consider audience, purpose, and context in the construction of a rhetorical strategy; to state

an arguable thesis and develop it into a persuasive argument with coherence, logic, and evidence; and to

develop effective writing habits.

This project involved:•Information Technology Services•Printing and Mailing Services•The Library•The Course Instructors

Students were assigned to critically analyze

a controversial topic in education

using a documentary film format. This project involved:

•Information Technology Services•Presentation, Events, and Production Support•The Library

Four major components:

•Goal /Objective•Process•Tools / Resources Needed•Requirements / Restrictions

Questions to answer to establish goals and/or objectives:

•What is the purpose of the assignment?•What is the desired outcome?

ObjectivesObjectives provide specific steps that must be accomplished in order to attain your goals

GoalsGoals provide specific focus and purpose

What are the steps the students need to follow to successfully complete this assignment?

Is there a timeline for certain tasks to be accomplished by?

What are the parameters of the assignment?

Are they working in groups?Is there certain content they need to

cover?

Where can they find these resources?

What resources are available on

campus?

Who is available to help them with

this assignment?

Where can they find training?

Is permission needed?

Are any outside resources needed?

Are outside resources acceptable?

You will need to make sure that you define the scope of the assignment

What elements are required?

What is not allowed?

In the same groups you were in before…

Think of a visual media assignment you would give to your students.

Fill out the blank worksheet provided in your workbook

I have a question!

How are we being

graded?

Visual Media Assignment Grading Rubric

Quality Grade Comments

Total Grade:

Final Comments:

What are the grading components?

Keep all aspects of the assignment in mind.

Visual Media Assignment Grading Rubric

Controversial Topic in Education Documentary Quality Grade Comments

Content Quality

The Documentary (D) presents key arguments, key people, key institutions, key authors related to the focal issue

D problematizes the focal issue D references at least two prominent authors who

have written on the focal issue

Narrative Quality

The documentary narrative (Dn) presents multiple perspectives of a controversial issue in education.

The Dn presents ideas and thoughts beyond surface interpretations

Overall, Dn has a compelling message.

Production Quality

D demonstrates technical mastery of iMovie D includes video footage, voiceover and music D is engaging; it grabs and holds the viewers

attention through innovative use of sound, graphics and animation

Social Change Quality

D promotes awareness D changes opinions D makes audience personalize problem and

solution

How will you grade your assignment?

Please fill in the grading rubric for the assignment you just created

“I think, perhaps more than anything, conducting the

interviews and listening to our experts' responses, and figuring

out how to condense their expertise into 30-second sound bytes, forced me to understand

the most about what I was trying to say.”

Video in the Classroom: Learning Objects or Objects of Learning?

Glenda A. GunterRobert Kenny

In the context of video, but is applicable for any visual medium, it discusses the shift from something

students consume to something students create.

Creating Digital Video in Your SchoolAnn Bell

Discusses the value of video in schools and a structure of how to

implement it

Joann MartynAcademic Computing

Coordinator:Arts, Performance and

Recreation

Carleton College

jmartyn@carleton.edu