Share Paper: Putting the "me" in Media: Creating Screen Media with Purpose

  1. Christine Wells, Rosebud Institute, Carthage College, United States
Tuesday, June 25 5:55 PM-6:15 PM Lecture Theater

Abstract: The screen is the dominant interface for global contact, culture, and commerce, making screen media literacy an essential skill. This approach to teaching screen media illustrates a global, adaptive, transformative learning experience where students create, manage, and distribute original work via ePortfolios to the online world. We take a back to basics approach to screen media literacy by offering instruction in what screen media really is and how to create it in a more foundational, transferable fashion. The creation process enables deeper, more authentic learning, with the accountability of a potentially world wide audience. This method, developed by the Rosebud ...