EDUC 4000 Media and Digital Literacy - Course Description
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EDUC 4000 Media and Digital Literacy develops critical thinking about media, social media, examines media in the Ontario curriculum, and explores applications and platforms for teaching media and digital literacy. The course considers the cultural lives of contemporary young people in an era of media and digital saturation and explores the dynamic potential of bringing "out-of-school literacies" into school settings. Students will conduct analyses of advertising, popular music, video games and social media. The production of media texts will involve print, image, audio, video and a variety of Web 2.0 tools. Students will apply media and digital literacy principles to access, analyze, create, present and reflect with media and digital tools, techniques and contexts. The internship will help students to practice and gain fluency with media and digital skills. The application of skills to internship tasks and media making tasks will demonstrate proficiency in creating with & about media and digital literacies. evident in professional, internship and classroom contexts.
COURSE OBJECTIVES The expectations of this course are that teacher candidates will:
COURSE OBJECTIVES The expectations of this course are that teacher candidates will:
- explore core concepts and practical applications of media education and digital literacy
- complete digital service work for an organization
- evaluate and create media and digital artifacts for educational purposes,
- demonstrate an understanding of the appropriate application of media and digital literacies in the P/J classroom and internship
- evaluate and justify the teaching and learning of media literacy and digital citizenship
- model active participation through discussion, collaboration and creation using digital and print based formats for a variety of authentic purposes i.e. internship placements
- apply critical literacy skills to teaching and learning with media projects
- analyze, evaluate, present and reflect on media and digital literacy issues in primary and junior classrooms by articulating ideas in written, oral and multimedia forms