Media Literacy and the
Development of Global Citizens
The Association of Atlantic
Universities Teaching Showcase
Acadia University
October 20, 2007
Ø Objectives:
o
To
highlight the importance of helping students develop media literacy
o
To
offer some examples of student-centered activities informed by visual pedagogy
aimed at fostering media literacy in a Law course.
Ø Video clip for input
Ø Media literacy
Ø Prevailing Law School
Teaching Philosophy and Audiovisual Culture
Ø Need to teach media literacy
in Law School
Ø Group activity
Please watch the
following video. It is a day-in-the-life video
of a female teenager who has been raped. The video is intended to be use in
court to show how much her life has changed and how she struggles every day
with mental anguish and depression.
Assume you are
the lawyers representing the teenager in a civil lawsuit in order to get
compensation from the defendant. What changes will you have to make to the
video to effectively present it in court.
You can read
more about some tips on a day-in-the-life videos by clicking
here.
Discussion questions:
· Do you think it is important
to foster media literacy in the university classrooms?
· What are the major
advantages of teaching media literacy at the University level?
· What difficulties do you
envision for the teaching of media literacy at the University level?
· In your opinion, what is the
best strategy to teach media literacy?
· Video recorded
evidence in the United Kingdom
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