Artifact # 5
Context: The Media Ethnography project was assigned in my Integrating Media and Technology class in the spring of 2002. We worked in groups to create a power point presentation based on media influences in the school.
Impact: Doing this project has opened my eyes as to how much the media affects children. There was a definite correlation between the children's favorite television shows and the clothes and accessories that they wear. In our study, we also noted that the media plays a major role on the perceptions that children have about people. This project has made me aware of the importance of making our students aware of the effect that the media can have on them. I would like to create a similar assignment for my future students.
Alignment: We collected data about the students through
interviews and analyzing the environment around them. We shared this knowledge
with our classmates by using video stills from their favorite T.V. shows
and digital images and presenting a power point presentation (Tech
Comp IV B). This project has helped me to realize the positive
and negative aspects of the media and I hope to convey that to my students
one day (Tech Comp VI D). Because
we used images from the internet and from the television, we made
note of the copyright laws at the end of our power point presentation (Tech
Comp VI A).