SED618 Video Write Up
SED618-NewMedia
Be sure to respond to each of these questions with a well crafted paragraph of 7-8 sentences at the least. Be sure to use examples from the reading. This should be completed by the beginning of class on November 28.
Questions:
1. What do they mean by New Media Literacy? Give several examples and why they are new.
2. How should new media be used by students?
3. How do teachers assess new media created by their students?
4. What are the authors’ biases?
The authors are inquiry focused. Evidence for this is the contrast between the inner city school and Richmond Academy. Although both use computers effectively, he Richmond students are held as examples of broad learners, equipping themselves as lifelong learners. The authors view rote learning with concern: “[rote] technology uses like these will do little to challenge a vast and growing gap in intellectual capital between our nation’s schoolchildren.”
The authors embrace constructivism, treating students as active learners. They cite research that this approach (actually as old as John Dewey) is successful in creating “democratic, Information-age schools.”
5. What do they recommend?
These sought-after schools have six attributes: interactivity, self-initiated learning, new teacher roles, closely involved media/tech specialists, continuous evaluation and a changed environment. To this the authors add “critical media literacy… habits of critical reflection on the impacts of media themselves.”
