www.acmevermont.orgWhat Does it Mean to be Literate in the 21st Century? (short version 8 min)
This video is an exploration of the definition of literacy: more specifically, of what it means to be a literate person in the 21st Century. Both producers are reflective practitioners who have strong literacy backgrounds. As practising teachers they have a vested interest in this subject. The producers realize that new media in a technological world is shaping the lives of youth and that as a result, redefining the literacy skills that will be necessary for youth to be able to function successfully in the world they are growing up in. The latter implies, by necessity, that the how, what and why of teaching literacy must also change. As a result of having the supposed static, print-centric notion of literacy upturned, the producers became interested in finding out if other educators at their worksites were experiencing this shift and in exploring how these educators were grappling with the notion of what it means to be a literate person and the corresponding implications in terms of their own teaching practise. Were they indeed rethinking what it means to be literate in an information and communication technological world, or upholding the traditional print-centric, paper and pencil viewpoint?
What Does it Mean to be Literate in the 21st Century? is an important and relevant issue that invites dialogue from all practising educators who work with youth. The world is changing and schools are required to make those changes necessary to help youth become fully competent, critical, and thoughtful citizens in the world they live in.
Duration : 0:8:3
Generation M – Media Literacy, Education & Choice (Extra Feature) – Available on DVD
Buy DVD at http://www.mediaed.org
The Media education Foundation presents
Generation M: Misogyny in Media & Culture
Available on DVD Fall 2008
Duration : 0:6:46
Media Literacy Awareness
An introduction to media literacy and related concepts.
Murray State University 2009 graduate project.
Duration : 0:7:39
Lec 7 | MIT CMS.930 Media, Education and the Marketplace
educational technology initiatives in business education in the Sloan School of Management, MIT
Toby Woll
View the complete course: http://ocw.mit.edu/CMS-930F01
License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA
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Duration : 0:30:10
Twitter in the classroom?
High schoolers at Roosevelt High School in Minneapolis, Minn. are being engaged in the classroom in a whole new way. By using social media tools and giving them access to the Internet, students are able to learn in different ways. Having discussions about their English class online has increased their level of attention and engagement in their studies.
Duration : 0:1:56
What is Information Literacy? (Otis College)
This is a learning object created for students in an English course at Otis College of Art and Design.
Duration : 0:8:0
Did you know? Technology.
This is an amazing video about stuff we never knew.
Hope you enjoy!
By the way, the song used in the video is “Right Here, Right Now” by Fat boy Slim.
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Duration : 0:4:51
A Portal to Media Literacy
Presented at the University of Manitoba June 17th 2008. (for those of you waiting for the Library of Congress presentation, it will be posted July 19th-ish.)
From Stephen’s Lighthouse:
http://stephenslighthouse.sirsidynix.com/archives/2008/07/michael_wesch_l.html
“Many of you have probably seen Kansas State University prof Michael Wesch’s thought-provoking video, “A
Vision of Students Today”. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGCJ46vyR9o.
Recently Dr. Wesch spoke at the University of Manitoba where he explained the the basis of this video in a talk entitled, “Michael Wesch and the Future of Education.” I found it fascinating! He describes how he so naturally incorporates emerging technologies into his courses from the smallest seminar type class to the largest lecture theatre filled class.
More importantly he not only talks about the technologies but how he encourages extraordinary participation and collaboration from his students by engaging them in meaningful learning activities.
Although the video is 66 minutes long…pour a coffee, iced tea or glass of wine and enjoy this dynamic presentation from a master teacher.”
http://umanitoba.ca/ist/production/streaming/podcast_wesch.html
Dubbed “the explainer” by popular geek publication Wired because of his viral YouTube video that summarizes Web 2.0 in under five minutes, cultural anthropologist Michael Wesch brought his Web 2.0 wisdom to the University of Manitoba on June 17.
During his presentation, the Kansas State University professor breaks down his attempts to integrate Facebook, Netvibes, Diigo, Google Apps, Jott, Twitter, and other emerging technologies to create an education portal of the future.
“It’s basically an ongoing experiment to create a portal for me and my students to work online,” he explains. “We tried every social media application you can think of. Some worked, some didn’t.”
Duration : 1:6:12
Instructional Technology: Looking Backward, Thinking Forward
A brief (and incomplete) snapshot of the past 100+ years of educational technology
NOTE: Although this is an educational, no-profit video, the original, credited audio track – Roll Tide by Hans Zimmer (Universal Distribution) – has been changed due to a copyright claim by a third party. A sad, yet timely, footnote to this short video. Will copyright policies evolve in the 21st century?
Duration : 0:5:18