Renee HobbsHarrington School of Communication and MediaUniversity of Rhode Island
Massachusetts Reading AssociationQuincy MAApril 10, 2014
Using Screencasting to Advance Critical Reading and Multimedia Compositions in Grades 4 - 12
PEER-TO-PEER FILE SHARING
Understand how screencasting as an authoring tool advances reading comprehension, critical analysis and writing skills
Consider the power of screencasting to build bridges between home and school literacies
Collaborate to produce a screencast and reflect on learning-by-doing as a transformative practice
Reflect on how to bring screencasting to learners in your school
Goals for Today’s Session
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Powerful Voices for Kids is a curriculum and professional development program for digital and media literacy education with children in Grades K - 6.
www.powerfulvoicesforkids.com
Living in a Multimodal World
Screencasting 101
Screencasting enables a user to make movies of anything on a computer screen, adding narration or ambient sound
Who Makes Screencasts?
Teachers Learners
Clip Compilation
Demonstrate Reading Fluency
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Demonstrate Literary Analysis
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Making the Home – School Connection
Interpret and Comment on Music Videos
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Screencasting Downloading
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Media Literacy Learning Process
Screencasting for Media Literacy
1. Watch examples of screencasts that use critical analysis and discuss the content and format
2. Identify a media text to analyze3. Small groups brainstorm & analyze 4. Write out sentences to provide commentary5. Rehearse performance & revise6. Record a screencast7. Review and offer warm and cool feedback8. Share with authentic audiences
Introducing the Media Literacy Smartphone
Introducing the Media Literacy Smartphone
Q: Who is the author and what is the purpose?Q: What techniques are used to attract and hold attention?Q: What lifestyles, values & points of view are represented? Q: How might different people interpret this message?Q: What is omitted (left out)?
Critically Analyze a YouTube Text
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Analyzing iCarly
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www.screencast-o-matic.com
Warm and Cool Feedback
LEARNING TARGETS:• I can watch TV with the purpose of thinking about how and
why the program was made. • I can use critical questions to analyze a media message. • I can write answers to critical questions and think about
what my audience needs to know. • I can perform my answers as spoken language using good
pacing, tone and fluency.• I can use technology to create a short screencast.• I can give feedback to others and accept feedback about
my work.
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ACCESS
ANALYZEE
CREATEREFLECT
ACT
REFLECT
ACCESS
Media Literacy Learning Process
TAKE-AWAY IDEAS
Screencasting enables learners to demonstrate the performance of reading comprehension and interpretation
Screencasting is a multimodal authoring tool that combines language, image and sound to communicate ideas
Student-created screencasts that activate critical analysis skills with media and popular culture help connect home and school literacies
Summer Institute in Digital LiteracyJune 13 – 18, 2014Providence RI USA
Summer Institute in Digital LiteracyJune 13 – 18, 2014Providence RI USA
www.mediaeducationlab.com
www.mediaeducationlab.com
CONTACT ME! Renee HobbsProfessor & Founding DirectorHarrington School of Communication and MediaUniversity of Rhode Island USA
Email: [email protected]: @reneehobbsWeb: http://mediaeducationlab.com