Q1 - Do you understand what is meant by the term 'media literacy'?
If yes, please can you explain what you think it means?
Being able to utilise and interpret media in all its forms, including an understanding of persuasion, bias and hidden agendas.Literacy in media.
The ability to use and understand the usefulness of media e.g. iPads, mobile phones, tablets etc. as well as other electronic devices.
Able to 'read' and understand different media texts including print, digital, etc.
The literacy level or level of understanding someone has of how to use media.
Media literacy is the ability to understand and use all types of media, thus being able to create your own high quality media texts.
NOTE: Ofcom's definition of media literacy was then provided (on the next page of the questionnaire and before the next question).
Q2 - Do you think media literacy is an important skillset for students to develop?
If yes, can you explain why?
We live in a world where we are bombarded by messages, many of which are subliminal, or verging on. Without media literacy we cannot access and be discerning consumers of the full range of media forms available to us. Media literacy enables us in both our personal and working lives.
I'm assuming that it's accessing a range of texts from music to YouTube clips and newspaper stories.
It is the way most if not all businesses do work so pupils need to understand how to use them in order to get jobs.
They need to be able to engage with the world around them. Media is an integral part of life.
We live in a modern and technological age and students would be at a disadvantage if they didn't know this.
The world in which we now live uses 'media' constantly, so our students will need to be explicitly taught the skills they need to be able to be confident with all media forms when they leave school.
Technology is a massive part of the world now - both in terms of work and social time - so it is essential for students to be clued up on how to use it properly, and to its full potential.
Q3 - Thinking about key stage three students in this school, can you rate their current levels of media literacy? (i.e. how well do they use and understand a range of different media texts, and are they able to create their own)?
Q4 - How well do you feel that YOUR key stage three lessons build the students' skills in media literacy?
Q5 - Can you give an example of an activity that you use in your key stage three lessons that you think would develop media literacy skills in your students? Please explain what media literacy skills it develops.
I've not done much here yet at KS3. Just identifying key point in a news article with a low ability Y7 class. In a previous school there have been various KS3 units around media and persuasion. They have been quite routed in traditional print media, especially news and feature articles, and adverts, leaflets, etc. I have not done much around video media (in terms of analysis and focussing on media literacy - I use short video clips for other purposes reasonably often e.g. to inspire creative writing) or new forms of media.In year 8 we critically assess the reliability of newspapers when interpreting figures on migration.
Writing stories about flood events. We look at past paper stories and how you write newspaper articles, we watch news clips of a flood event, radio clips and home footage. We then write our own newspaper stories including our prior learning of the geography of the event. It develops students to build evidence from a range of sources and to recognise bias in texts.
I don't really incorporate it into my lessons as they are focused on literacy skills not media literacy. I do use kahoot and therefore mobile devices as well as pc's to produce written work.
We watch a scene in a film and analyse the use of sound, camera angles, etc and then compare with the same scene in the book.
Year 8 - We study newspaper bias when looking at views towards migration. This helps students develop an inquiring mind when analysing media sources and encourages them to think critically about information they may view through media. It also helps them to practise reading newspaper articles.
Creating blog posts or tweets to explain key concepts. Shows that students know how to condense and use relevant information and also an awareness of how to use the genre.
Creating a storyboard for the opening of a novel - using each camera shot to show something different about the character/setting/plot and focus on the structure of an opening sequence.
We frequently create PowerPoint presentations and Publisher projects, giving students skills in typing, formatting and saving (although they are surprisingly bad at saving their work!) I then always --try-- to get students to email me their work. Some students are perfectly able to do this however many still need talking through instructions for attaching documents to emails on a regular basis. This, I think, is one of the most important things they NEED to learn early on in Secondary school.
Q6 - If media literacy were to become a whole-school policy across the key stage three curriculum at The Gryphon School, what support (if any) do you feel you would need to embed it consistently within your practice?
More structured help from specialist teachers.Specific guidance and teaching.
Some example lesson plans, plus exemplar work showcasing different media literacy skills.
Time within our departments with a specialist teacher to adapt schemes of work.
Examples of work with levels to help assess media literacy.
Specialists on hand.
Examples of how to teach different aspects of media literacy and an explanation of them.
An assessment grid or something similar to demonstrate how to assess it.
Examples of lessons or activities in my subject area.
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