Artifact # 6
Media Literacy Video which investigates the effects of technological media on students’ ideas and concepts on specific subjects.
Context
I created this video, with a group, during the CI-3750 (Integrating
Media and Technology into Teaching) class of my Elementary Education Block
at ASU. The video was created by first utilizing a video camera to tape
students, then by assessing the video conversion machine (don’t know what
it is called) to convert video taped images onto the computer screen for
manipulation. The video clips were then added to sound bytes through
use of the computer manipulation program (don’t know what it is called
either). The final product was a compilation of taped student comments
and the comments of myself and the other members of my group. We
manipulated the images we had captured on video tape through the computer
program and then converted them back to video form. We asked students
to share their thoughts on what a scientist looks and acts like. They were
asked to reveal where their ideas about scientists came from (where they
had seen scientists). Students all said that their notions about the characteristics
of a scientist were derived from the images of scientists they had seen
on television and in books.
Impact
This media literacy video was created as a research method, for our
group, to further our knowledge on the effects of the media on students’
thought processes and perceptions. It was invaluable to us to have
both the experience of videoing students and the experience of analyzing
the effects that the media has on students’ ideas about a given topic.
This video could be useful to other educators and parents, in their exploration
of both student learning and media effects on student learning.
Alignment
The subject at hand in the creating of this video was two-fold: student
learning and the use of media to both contribute to student learning and
to compile a representation of that learning. The video cameras,
computer programs, and video conversion machine allowed my group and I
to utilize technological resources to convey the effects of media on students’
ideas and thought processes (Tech. Competency
12.2). In organizing the information we found on student
learning as a result of media, we learned more about what media literacy
is about and how it plays into students’ thought processes. This
exploration of the subject area of media could not have been analyzed or
explained without the use of technological resources (media) (Tech.
11.3).