Thursday, February 28, 2013

Photo Analysis

Photo Analysis 1a.



People
Objects
Activities
Guy on a boat?
Oil Rig
Guarding
Guy with a blue shirt and a guy with a darker green shirtTracker Trailer 
 walking
More guys on a Boat?Boat
 Guarding
President, guy with light green, a worker, other people behind them
 People
 Walking




Three things I might infer about the photo:
1. He is on his way from the looking at the oil spill
2. He is making plans on how to talk to the press
3. People are talking to him

Questions:
The title and the caption for the picture are the same. What is the President ready to seize claims process for. It isn't his fault with what happened. Why is the White House in the title, they don't have anything to do with it. The picture looks like it was taken Spontaneous.

New Caption:
The new caption I would pick for this is:
The President Leaving the Area of the Oil Spill.
I feel like the new caption does change the veiw.

Photo Analysis 1b.



 People
 Object
Activities 
 President
 Left ear, vines, books
 Staring
 President
 books 
 Stairng
 President
 shirt

 President
 shirt



Three things I might infer:
1. He doesn't look upset
2. If he was being briefed I don't think that there would be a camera in his face
3. Are the books in the background the same?

Questions:
His facial expression is hard. He looks pretty angry. I feel like he would be more upset because the oil spill kill cute little animals.

Summary:
The picture that would give me more confidence in the presidents leadership abilities is the first one. He looks like he was coming from the site where the oil spill. He looks like he has talked about everything with people he needs too. He had a smile of his face like someone told him a joke. I don’t think that he needs to be serious all the time, he is a person after all. I do not like the hard look that he has on his face in the second one. That picture looks like it was posed. I don't like that.




Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Media Literacy meets ISTE-NETS


2. Design and Develop Digital Age Learning Experiences and Assessments
Teachers design, develop, and evaluate authentic learning experiences and assessment incorporating 
contemporary tools and resources to maximize content learning in context and to develop the knowledge, skills, and attitudes identified in the NETS·S.
a. Design or adapt relevant learning experiences that
incorporate digital tools and resources to promote
student learning and creativity
b. Develop technology-enriched learning environments
that enable all students to pursue their individual
curiosities and become active participants in setting
their own educational goals, managing their own
learning, and assessing their own progress


3. Model Digital Age Work and Learning
Teachers exhibit knowledge, skills, and work processes representative of an innovative professional 
in a global and digital society.
a. Demonstrate fluency in technology systems and the
transfer of current knowledge to new technologies
and situations.
c. Communicate relevant information and ideas
effectively to students, parents, and peers using
a variety of digital age media and formats.

Connections


The connections between the Media Literacy and the standards I picked from ISTE-NETS is:
Media Literacy adapts to the relevant learning experiences and that it does use and incorporate digital tools and resources to promote student learning. Teachers can assign projects to where the student will have to go online, make a video, use music, or power point to create their project. Most students know how to use all of those and have a computer at the house to be able to do that. By having the student do the project using the internet, making a video or music they are learning and having fun with it. The teacher can also use Media Literacy to help students with different learning abilities.

By having the teacher make a power point to help with the lesson the teacher is teaching or if they need to fundraise for either a trip, new uniforms (for a team or the band), or for a teacher meeting, that teacher is showing fluency in the technology systems and are transferring their current knowledge to the new and adapting technology. If they are doing a fundraiser and trying to get the parents involved, when that teacher shows them their use of Media Literacy to help with the presentation they are communicating relevant information and ideas to them. 

Importance

Media Literacy is very important in this technological age because there are so many learning video’s online. The students of today’s age know how to use all the technology and it will help them understand something that maybe a book won’t be to go into that much detail. They can go online and find out more on that subject, which will make them more engaged in the class room. I know that when I become a teacher I plan on using Media Literacy in my classroom.  


Thursday, February 21, 2013

Think Aloud meet ISTE-Nets


Design and Develop Digital Age Learning Experiences and Assessments

Teachers design, develop, and evaluate authentic learning experiences and assessment incorporating 
contemporary tools and resources to maximize content learning in context and to develop the knowledge, skills, and attitudes identified in the NETS·S.

a. Design or adapt relevant learning experiences that incorporate digital tools and resources to promote
student learning and creativity.

b. Develop technology-enriched learning environments that enable all students to pursue their individual
curiosities and become active participants in setting their own educational goals, managing their own
learning, and assessing their own progress.

c. Customize and personalize learning activities to address students’ diverse learning styles,
working strategies, and abilities using digital tools and resources.

d. Provide students with multiple and varied formative and summative assessments aligned with content
and technology standards and use resulting data to inform learning and teaching.



Explaination:

I think that the ThinkAloud project will help me integrate technology into my future teaching practices that will align with the ISTE NETS Standards because I can use it to show background information on the composers we are playing in the class. I could use it along with a SMART Board and have the students interacting along with it. I can customize the project to help the students with any of their learning abilities. I can also assign an assignment that goes along with what the PowerPoint is teaching the students. I can also have the music on the screen for them to look at it and it will help them understand what is going on around them.

Think Aloud

Thursday, February 14, 2013

Article Against Arming Teachers


Article

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/01/30/states-mull-whether-arming-teachers-will-prevent-another-school-massacre/


Accuracy


Q. Is the information reliable and error-free?                                                          
A. Yes

Q Is there an editor or someone who verifies/checks the information?
A. Yes

Q. Where doubt exists, can the information be cross-checked with a reliable source?
A. yes


Objectivity


Q. Does the information show a minimum of bias?
A. Nope. They  don’t want teachers armed. They think if they wanted to be armed they would have gone into the Police Work

Q. Is the page designed to sway opinion?
A. Well it is Fox News

Q. Is there any advertising on the page?
A. Oh Yeah. But again it is Fox News

Thursday, February 7, 2013

Fair Use

1. The difference between Media in Education vs. Media Literacy Education is: Media in Ed. is the use of Youtube, Movies, and music to help teach a lesson or to show a point. Media Literacy Ed. is using a whole movie or something along those lines to entertain the students.

2. We as a society give limited property rights to creators to encourage them to produce culture; at the same time, we give other creators the chance to use that same copyrighted material, without permission or payment, in some circumstances: Is the social bargain at the hear of Fair Use

3. Fair use is important today because, it keeps the Copyright people from, disobeying the First Amendment.

4.The two key questions that Judges use to determine Fair Use:
     1.Did the unlicensed use “transform” the material taken from the copyrighted work
by using it for a different purpose than that of the original, or did it just repeat
the work for the same intent and value as the original?
     2. Was the material taken appropriate in kind and amount, considering the nature
of the copyrighted work and of the use?

5. When a teacher shows "The Lion King" and asks students to notice how the animals in the movie reflect racial stereotypes. it is fair use because, the teacher is using the movies to teach the students about racial stereotypes and how they are wrong. You shouldn't judge someone by their race.

6.The principal that relates most strongly to my digital story is number four, Student use of Copyrighted material in their own Academic and creative work, because the pictures I used were material for my creative work for this class.

7. Yes, there limitations to the amount of pictures, length of music, or video that can be used in a multimedia project.

8. No, you need to request permission from the original creator in order to use copyrighted material in multimedia project for school related assignment.

9.  Yes, should educators try to change the policies in their school if they are not in line with Fair Use doctrine, because they don't want to get in trouble.

10. The thing that surprised me the most about the Fair Use is, the length of time you can use or pictures, music, and videos.

Photo Story 3 Video


Sunday, February 3, 2013

RA #2

Quote:

"School is no longer necessarily a place to instill a sense that linguistic rules (or even linguistic consistency) matter." (Baron, Naomi S. 2009)

Reaction:

I am shocked. All I learned in English class was Linguistic Rules. I learned how to make sentences, what a sentence was made up of, and general rules of sentences. I know students now a days are doing the same things. The school board wouldn't allow them not to. Students will still need to know how to make sentences and the general rules. Major jobs most likely wouldn't take them unless they are able to.


My Reaction:

“Whatever the benefits of digital media, it is destroying the ability of young people to construct the basic unit of the English Language...the sentence.”

My reaction to this is I disagree. I believe digital media, such as I-Pads and Smart Phones are helping students with the ability to construct the basic unit of the English Language. Personally, my phone corrects my spelling mistakes and if I don't know how to spell a word, I will pull out my phone and try to figure out how to spell the word. I know how the ability to construct the basic unit of the English Language. I know the students of the future will be able to do the same, if not better than me.

Reference:

Baron, Naomi S. 2009 Are Digtial Media Changing Language



Literacy Instruction with Digital and Media Technologies

By: Diane Barone and Todd E. Wright

http://www.readingrockets.org/article/29126/