MDL4000 - Media and Digital Literacy
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  • Fall Term
    • 1.1 Me and Media >
      • 1.2 Me & Media: Fun-damentals
    • 2.1 Web Literacy >
      • 2.2 Competencies
    • 3.1 Digital Storytelling >
      • 3.2 Connected Learning
    • 4.1 DS: Making Meaning >
      • 4.2 Where are the stories?
    • 5.1 Visual Literacy and S.J. >
      • 5.2 Visual Literacy and CC
    • 6.1 Creating with Purpose >
      • 6.2 Creating - PSA
    • 7.1 Mobile & Learning >
      • 7.2 Fluid Environments
    • 8.1 Makers & Making >
      • 8.2 Making Media
    • 9.1 Media - teacher & learner >
      • 9.2 Media in teaching
  • Winter Term
    • 1.1 New Media & .... >
      • 1. 2 New Media & ....
    • 2.1 Participatory Culture >
      • 2.2 Participatory Culture
    • 3.1 DS: Digging Deeper >
      • 3.2 DS: Digging Deeper
    • 4.1 DS: Tools of the Trade >
      • 4.2 DS: Tools of the Trade
    • 5.1 DS: Process & Plan >
      • 5.2 DS: Process & Plan
    • 6.1 DS: Minds On
    • 7.1 DS: Hands On >
      • 7.2 DS: Hands On
    • 8.1 DS: Reflect & .... >
      • 8.2 DS: ... and Connect
    • 9.1 Assessment Tools >
      • 9.2 DS: Show & Share
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TEXTS/READINGS – All texts and readings for this course are openly available and can be retrieved from the course website MDL4000 - Readings
 
REQUIRED TEXTS/READINGS (save for quick reference)
  • Ministry of Education and Training. (2006). The Ontario Curriculum Grade 1-8: Language. Toronto, ON: Queen’s Printer.
  • Ministry of Education and Training. (2006). Guide to Effective Literacy Instruction Grades 4-6. Volume 7 – Media Literacy
Readings from Media Smarts Canada
  • Mapping Digital Literacy Policy and Practice in the Canadian Education Landscape
  • Digital and Media Literacy Fundamentals
  • Use, Understand, & Create: A digital literacy framework for Canadian Schools
  • Media Literacy 101
  • Media Literacy week 2018 – Fact or Fake: Help the World Stop Misinformation in its Track
Readings from ISTE (International Society for Technology in Education)
  • Standards for Educators https://www.iste.org/standards/standards/for-educators
  • Standards for Students https://www.iste.org/standards/standards/for-students

  • Digital Citizenship nine elements http://www.digitalcitizenship.net/Nine_Elements.html
  • CBC Beyond 94 http://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/beyond-94-reconciliation-teacher-guide-classroom-1.4676063

SUGGESTED RESOURCES
  • Young People’s Press Writers’ Guide Hoechsmann, M. (2008). From the Classroom to the Newsroom: Teaching Media Writing. In New Literacies: A Professional Development Wiki for Educators. Developed under the aegis of the Improving Teacher Quality Project (ITQP), a federally funded partnership between Montclair State University and East Orange School District, New Jersey.
    • Available from: http://newlits.wikispaces.com/Teaching+Media+Writing
  • Wilson, C., Grizzle, A., Tuazon, R., Akyempong, K., & Cheung, C-K. (2011). Media and Information Literacy Curriculum Teachers. Paris: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. Retrieved from http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0019/001929/192971e.pdf (free download) 
  • Common Sense Media http://www.commonsensemedia.org/
  • The Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop: Advancing children’s learning in a digital age http://www.joanganzcooneycenter.org/
  • Creative Commons http://creativecommons.org/
  • CyberWise http://cyberwise.org/
    • CyberWise Guides http://cyberwise.org/Cyber-Guides.html
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