Digital+Media+Class


 * Digital Media Elective**
 * 7th / 8th grade**

//**Course Description**//

Just as Gutenberg's printing press revolutionized the way we communicate and create; digital media is the defining medium of the 21st century. Students will use digital cameras, digital voice recorders, digital video cameras, and various software programs to organize and edit photographs, make movies, produce podcasts, and design basic web pages. The course will involve project planning, capturing media, editing, and final production. We will survey examples of how various media types (e.g. video, audio, podcast, blogs) are being used in business, entertainment and news organizations. These viewings will be accompanied by brief readings about digital media and society. Students will learn how to analyze the messages and symbols delivered through digital media as they become multimedia "authors".

[|National Educational Technology Standards (NETS) 2007 - ISTE]
 * //Course Standards & Objectives//**

//**Instructor Resources**//

[|Association for Educational Communications and Technology] [|Center for Media Literacy] [|International Society for Technology in Education] [|Partnership for 21st Century Skills] high school media literacy curriculum (might have useful units) http://www.stayfreemagazine.org/ml/
 * websites:**

[|Emerging Perspectives on Learning, Teaching, and Technology Michael Orey, Editor]
 * e-books:**

**Co-authored** by the //Association for Educational Communications & Technology//, and the //American Association of School Librarians//.
 * books:**
 * //Information Power: Building Partnerships for Learning//**

[|STS Moodle] [|Moodle Support Docs]
 * Learning Content Management System:**


 * //Daily Plan//**

Week 1 Introductions, take role, course summary, distribute course folder, orientation to the Online Classroom, review of AUP & follow-up quiz (use test feature in LCMS), Internet Safety and __Net__iquette, (websites and handouts)
 * Day 1** :

> For Day 2: Bring in the devices... (permission for students to bring in media devices) > **//Related Standard(s) & Objectives -//** Internet Safety and Behavior

Have students arrange media device on a table. Discuss what the devices are and what types of media they play or use. Where did these media come from? How are they created? How are they distributed? Create a mediawiki guide to these devices and media.
 * Day 2** : What is Media?

Week 2