Week 3Inquiry / Media Literacy 1

EDBE 8P242015-2016

Professional Learning Conversation

• Exploring Resources: Educational Blogs

Invitation to Participate in Research Study

• Letter of Invitation• Questionnaire

Characteristics of Effective Educational Blog Posts

• Consult your notes from this week’s online question

• As a table, list features of an educational blog post that should be incorporated into your own blog posts for each strand

• List these features on the paper provided

Aboriginal children at Fort Simpson Indian Residential School in 1922http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2015/06/02/the-truth-and-reconciliation-commission-report.html J.F. Moran/Library & Archive

Truth & Reconciliation Commission Report

Ottawa, June 2, 2015

KWL Chart

• Know • Want to Know

• Learned

INQUIRY KWHLAQKnowWant to knowHow to find itLearnedActionQuestions

“What does it mean to be literate in the 21st. Century?”

• Re-examine the list of features your group brainstormed last week

• Revise based on any further learning or experiences

The 4 Cs of 21st century learning

• Critical thinking and problem solving• Communication• Collaboration• Creativity and innovation

NEA (National Education Association)Partnership for 21st Century Learning, 2002

The New Literacies

• Digital Literacy• Media Literacy• Global Literacy

– Heidi Hayes Jacobs (2014)

Media Literacy

• Critical analyses of information and storytelling media modalities– Receptive media literacy• Students become astute critics of the media to which

they are exposed– Generative media literacy• Students use media to express informational and

narrative perspectives

Global Literacy

• Ability to connect people, places, problems, and possibilities

• Global competency framework:– Investigate the world– Recognize perspectives– Communicate ideas– Take action

Curation Resources

• Web-based resources for storing and organizing your digital treasures:– Diigo– AppoLearning– Cube for Teachers

www.diigo.com

Next week

• Explore Resources: Educational Blogs• Find resource for teaching Media Studies • Post to Sakai– Follow directions on Lesson 3: Exploring Resources

carefully