Week2

Media literacy is such a broad topic. I learned the term, "Media Literacy" from [|EDUC 488] and [|EDUC 260] at SFU in Fall 2009. We studied the topic from the literacy perspective during my EDUC 488 class on the impact of Media and Culture on students. Media is considered as a societal textbook and we studied many different discourses embedded in various media and common artifacts of our society like movies, games, sports mascots, etc. We also took a look at the validity of media in EDUC 260. Towards the end of the semester, I realized the importance to teach critical thinking in a 21st century classroom. I posted some of the articles I read during this semester on Delicious. I hope fellow classmates may find it useful.

It is quite interesting to extend my research on Media Literacy in dflit. Other than viewing the literacy values and authenticity of media, it is worthwhile to study the media consumption habit of students. We should all be able to extend from the material we learned from our week's 2 lesson and used in our future classrooms. In fact, I am considering to organize these materials and create soon media literacy workshops for the parents and teens at my church. As a youth worker, I often need to spend time discussing various media literacy issues with parents and teens. It may be worthwhile to look beyond those discussions with them by providing more solid material to them.

Here some more ideas for these workshops:
 * Perhaps I can order some of the material from [] and [].
 * Various Search techniques will be relevant.
 * A discussion on the value critical thinking in conjunction with the literacy value of media texts may be useful.