Week Ten

Week Ten
Critical Media Literacy

So now we have learnt all about what critical media literacy is and how it affects our lives! We have covered lots of topics, including:

New media & old media
Facts & opinions
Minority perspectives
Print & online newspapers
Gender stereotypes in the media
Social media
and Safety

Now is the time to link up everything we have learnt and think about how we can use this information in our lives.

Work your way through these tasks, make sure you follow each one in order

1. Watch THIS video about making choices online
2. Read THIS article on why critical media literacy is so important for young people today
3. Have a look at THIS presentation for some more ideas
4. Now have a practice investigating an issue HERE- can you use your CML skills to help you get information?

Your Learning intentions are this week are:

• Understand what it means to ‘critically examine’ a source of information
• Understand the term ‘critical media literacy’ in the context of literacy and ICT

Please leave a comment stating one thing you have learnt during this unit about CML

Week Nine

Week Nine
Safety

A lot of the work we have been doing has been online, and when we work online, there are some things we need to be aware of. One of those things is how to keep ourselves safe. In particular, there are 3 main things you need to keep a look out for when using the internet.

1- cyberbullying: people using the internet to bully others
2- cyber scams: where someone creates a scam to trick you into doing something or buying something
3- online predators: adults who use the internet to find and meet young people for inappropriate reasons

Work your way through these tasks, make sure you follow each one in order

1. Have a look at THIS video on keeping yourself safe online
2. Watch THIS video about beating cyberbullies!
3. Look at THIS video about some common online scams which are trying to trick you!
4. Read through THESE guidelines about keep yourself safe online
5. Contribute to THIS document about keeping ourselves safe online!

Your Learning intentions are this week are:

• Learn some key ways to keep ourselves safe when online
• Understand what it means to ‘critically examine’ a source of information

Please reply with a comment stating your success criteria (how you are going to show me that you have met your learning intentions (I have done one already as an example to help you).

Week Eight

Week Eight
Social Media

Social media is a new-ish way to communicate and share information. Social media is interactive, it is about connection and communication. Some examples of Social media are: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Blogger, Google+ (can you think of any more?)

Social media usually asks users to create an online 'profile' which is kind of like a 'face' you can use online which tells other people about you and your interests. Social media is an example of New Media, where anybody can create new information. This has advantages- anybody is able to tell their own story, but there are also issues and dangers- there is lots of information on social media which can be hurtful, untrue and deliberately misleading. 

Work your way through these tasks, make sure you follow each one in order

1. Have a look at THIS video about how social media is affecting teenagers
2. Weigh up the positives and negatives of social media HERE 
3. And then contribute to THIS document

Your Learning intentions are this week are:

• Be able to differentiate between old and new media
• Understand that social media is a form of new media that produces a shared knowledge
• Look at how new media is changing our society’s knowledge production
• Understand what it means to ‘critically examine’ a source of information

Please reply with a comment stating your success criteria (how you are going to show me that you have met your learning intentions (I have done one already as an example to help you).

Week Seven

Week Seven
Gender stereotypes in the media

Last week we looked at how some minority groups are misrepresented in the media. This week we look at something called gender stereotypes, and how they affect how we see ourselves and the decisions we make in our everyday lives. 

Work your way through these tasks, make sure you follow each one in order

1. What are stereotypes? Contribute to THIS document to get a better idea of what stereotype means
2. Watch THIS Youtube clip to get an idea of how gender stereotypes are reinforced in the media.
3. Look at THIS presentation to find about a bit more about the issue
4. Find an advertisement which you think reinforces gender stereotypes and paste the link, plus a description of why you think that, HERE

Your Learning intentions are this week are: 

• Understand that conventions are used to represent authority/or discredit a chosen perspective
• Understand what it means to ‘critically examine’ a source of information
• Look at how new media is changing our society’s knowledge production

Please reply with a comment stating your success criteria (how you are going to show me that you have met your learning intentions (I have done one already as an example to help you).

Week Six

Week Six
Print newspapers vs online newspapers

Back in your parents' childhood, newspapers were the main way to keep up to date with what was going on in the world. Nowadays, newspapers are moving online and we can be updated with what is happening 24/7!

Work your way through these tasks, make sure you follow each one in order

1. Watch THIS video about how print newspapers are made
2. Watch THIS video about online newspapers
3. What do you think the differences are between print and online newspapers? What does this mean for the kind of information they share? Contribute your answer HERE
4. Newspapers (both in print and online) are owned by BIG companies. Watch THIS video and think about what this might mean for the kind of information and perspectives they choose to share (we will look at this issue more next week)

Your Learning intentions are this week are:

• Understand that conventions are used to represent authority/or discredit a chosen perspective
• Be able to differentiate between old and new media
• Understand what it means to ‘critically examine’ a source of information

Please reply with a comment stating your success criteria (how you are going to show me that you have met your learning intentions (I have done one already as an example to help you).

Teacher notes

Teacher notes

This unit on Critical Media Literacy is designed to be an introduction to Critical Media Literacy for students year 7-10. This unit is aligned with the New Zealand Curriculum and is intended as part of a regular classroom programme. 

The unit plan, with a specific break down of the learning progression and key tasks, can be found here:

CRITICAL MEDIA LITERACY- UNIT PLAN (Keirryn Hintz)

Week Five

Week Five
Maori in the Media

Last week we looked at how information and perspectives can differ when shared by old or new media. This week we will take a look at some groups which are often misrepresented in the media and take a look at how and why this happens.

What does 'minority group' mean? In New Zealand, a large minority group which is often misrepresented in the media, is Maori. This week we take a look at Maori in the media and the kinds of words and phrases that are used to reinforce (support) negative views about Maori.

Work your way through these tasks, make sure you follow each one in order

1. Watch THIS video about how minority groups are often shown in media
2. Have a look at THIS website about how Maori are portrayed (shown) in the media.
3. While looking at this website, answer THESE questions about how Maori are portrayed in the media
4. Have a look at THIS article and find 1 theme from Kupu Taea within the text
5. Then write what you have found from the article HERE 

Your Learning intentions are this week are:

• Understand that conventions are used to represent authority/or discredit a chosen perspective
• Understand what it means to ‘critically examine’ a source of information

Please reply with a comment stating your success criteria (how you are going to show me that you have met your learning intentions (I have done one already as an example to help you).

Week Four

Week Four
Fact vs. opinions

Last week we looked at the differences between old media and new media. We looked at their features next to each other so that we could compare and contrast them. One difference we found was that old media was created by one company who produced everything, checked it and then sent it out for people to read or watch; whereas new media was created by lots of different people, and mostly wasn't 'checked' by anyone. Can you think of how these differences might affect the information that is shared?

One difference is that often information shared on old media is thought of as 'fact', whereas information on new media is more likely to be thought of as opinion.

BUT- is this true? Is what we see in newspapers and on television really true?

A lot of what we see in the news is from one perspective and this perspective doesn't represent EVERYONE, and sometimes can be quite unfair to groups of people.

Work your way through these tasks, make sure you follow each one in order

1. Watch THIS video about fact vs. opinions
2. Read THIS slide to get a better idea of fact vs opinions in the media.
3. Contribute to THIS document about facts and opinions

Your Learning intentions are this week are:

• Learn the key terms: society, media, fact, opinion, perspective, intent, knowledge production
• Understand what society labels ‘knowledge’, usually represents only one perspective of many (fact & opinion)

Please reply with a comment stating your success criteria (how you are going to show me that you have met your learning intentions (I have done one already as an example to help you).

Week Three

Week Three
New Media

Last week we learnt about 'old media' and found out that old media refers to things like television, radio, newspapers, books and magazines- things which are produced by one company and sold to people to give them information. This week we will take a look at 'new media' and try to find out how it is different than old media.

So what is different about NEW MEDIA? Well one of the biggest differences is interactivity- that is people can write, record, video, comment on, post, film, and create new information. This lets lots of different sorts of people share ideas- not just journalists, but mums, dads, kids, teachers, teenagers, everyone who has access to the internet!

This week we will look at the differences between old and new media

Work your way through these tasks, make sure you follow each one in order

1. Have a look through THESE pictures about what new media is
2. Watch THIS Youtube clip again to note some differences between old and new media
3. Contribute to THIS document about new media vs old media

Your Learning intentions are this week are: 

• Be able to differentiate between old and new media
• Learn the key terms: society, media, fact, opinion, perspective, intent, knowledge production

Please reply with a comment stating your success criteria (how you are going to show me that you have met your learning intentions (I have done one already as an example to help you).

Week Two

Week Two
What is 'old' media?

The second step in our unit is to think about how we learn new things about our world (get information/build knowledge). How do we learn new things? Where does our information come from?

As we learnt last week, one way that we get information is through the 'media'. With the introduction of the internet, media is changing fast!

Think about how your Grandparents learnt new information....... rang a friend? Read a book? Read the newspaper? How long would they have to wait for new information to arrive? Who gave them the new information?

Now think about how you get your information now. Some of it will be the same, but some will be different (your Grandparents couldn't pick up an iPhone to check the latest news, for instance).

This week we will be looking at defining OLD MEDIA, and thinking about some of the differences between old and new media.

Work your way through these tasks, make sure you follow each one in order

1. Watch THIS video about old vs new media
2. And watch THIS video about old vs new media 
3. What is old media? Contribute to THIS document

Your Learning intentions are this week are: 

• Compare & contrast old and new media

Please reply with a comment stating your success criteria (how you are going to show me that you have met your learning intentions (I have done one already as an example to help you).

Week One

Week One

Critical Media Literacy- What is it and why do we need to know about it?

We are going to be learning all about something called critical media literacy, so first of all we need to know what it is!

Critical media literacy is made up of 3 words:

CRITICAL
MEDIA
LITERACY

Each word is important and tells you something about the term as a whole.

Work your way through these tasks, make sure you follow each one in order

1. Watch THIS video about critical thinking
2. Watch THIS video about media 
3. What does being critical mean? Contribute to THIS document
4. What is media? Contribute to THIS document
5. What is literacy? Contribute to THIS document
6. What does critical media literacy mean? Contribute to THIS document

Your Learning intentions are this week are: 

• Learn the key terms: critical thinking, society, media, fact, opinion, perspective, intent, knowledge production
• Understand what it means to ‘critically examine’ a source of information
• Understand the term ‘critical media literacy’ in the context of literacy and ICT

Please reply with a comment stating your success criteria (how you are going to show me that you have met your learning intentions (I have done one already as an example to help you).