Curriculum 21 Chapters 7 and 8

Extending the journey of mabry middle school Chapter 7 making learning your resistible: Extending the journey of mabry middle school

Learners as passive recipients Changing the paradigm of Learners as passive recipients "Learning done to them "

Change in vision about student achievement Text Change in vision about student achievement No more about minimum uniformity of all students to demonstrate achievement Each student is required to do their own personal best Change requires students to get up and produce and show off what they're capable of doing Peer pressure in the positive sense Learning done to them versus creators who wanted to create something meaningful

Project-based learning made learning irresistible Project-based learning made learning irresistible! The MAbRy Middle School experiment

Student Online content available to the World! Online content created by students was seen by people from all around the world “Students, what do you have to say that is so important, so vital, that everyone in the world needs to hear it? What do you, as a 6th, 7th, or 8th grader, have to say that will cause others on our planet to do something that matters, something that will make our world a better palce, because they saw your schoolwork, the movie that you make at Mabry this year?” Tim Tyson Principal at Mabry M.S. Movie Projects competetion

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"Authentic engagement begets and excitement in learning" Tim Tyson, Principal of Mabry Middle School (Tyson, 2010)

Connecting kids emotionally to curriculum: Film festival

Focus on deeper issues of content not on the technical components Text Focus on deeper issues of content not on the technical components The film is tweaked, tweaked, and tweaked...It's never finished. Students work outside of school, they are not even given a grade Traditional assignments have students wanting it to be over. Students want feedback which is not typical of kids, who traditionally disengage from adults

making a movie?! That's like learning on steroids. Text making a movie?! That's like learning on steroids. student @ Mabry M.S. (as cited in Tyson, 2010)

Technology + same old passive content= boring

Technology affordances

Recent email: Text From: Christa Perkins <b39cperk@mpspride.org> Sent: Thursday, September 8, 2016 11:39 AM To: Carlos Carmona Subject: Videos Hi there, I am the Social Emotional Learning Coordinator for my district. We have created a SEL curriculum through lesson plans for grades K-5. We love your videos and use them in our third grade lessons. We are having trouble getting the videos to load and play...in particular Cafeteria Noise and Bathroom - return quickly to class. Any help you can provide in getting us access would be greatly appreciated! We love your work and your commitment to supporting kids, families and staff! -- Christa Perkins, MSW Social Emotional Learning Coordinator Manchester Public Schools 860-371-5270

http://mrcarmona.weebly. com/expected-behavior- videospbs.html

21st century literacy skills Chapter 8, media literacy: 21st century literacy skills

Disconnect between the classroom and students' reality Students bombarded by media Disconnect between the classroom and students' reality

We are not harnessing the power of media and keeping kids ignorant of its effects.

Media literacy can develop critical thinking skills

Text The goals of media literacy education is to create critical thinkers and viewers who have the skills, knowledge, and abilities necessary to understand, analyze, and create media messages, as well as to comprehend their purpose and audiences. Frank W. Baker (Baker, 2010)

Let’s Analyze a CommeRcial: https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=GWnunavN4bQ

Activity: Critical thinking questions for students to consider and apply to each media message they encounter Who created or paid for the message? Why was it created question? Who is the message design to reach? How does the message get my attention; in what ways is the message credible? How my different people from me understand this message differently? What values, lifestyles, points of view are included or excluded What can I do with this information?

CREATING MEDIA CONTENT Don't Buy It: Get Media Smart is a media literacy Web site for young people that encourages users to think critically about media and become smart consumers. Activities on the site are designed to provide users with some of the skills and knowledge needed to question, analyze, interpret and evaluate media messages. There are activities and games where students create advertisements and hone in on the advertising tricks employed by companies. (Corporation for Public Broadcasting & Public Broadcasting Service, N.D).

References Baker, F.W. (2010). Media literacy. In Jacobs, H.H., Curriculum 21 (pp. 133- 152). Alexandra, VA: ASCD Carmona, C. (N.D.). Expected behavior videos. Retrieved from http://mrcarmona.weebly.com/expected-behavior-videospbs.html Corporation for Public Broadcasting & Public Broadcasting Service (N.D). Don't Buy It: Get Media Smart. Retrieved from http://pbskids.org/dontbuyit/ Samsung (Producer). (2011). Samsung Galaxy S II, the next big thing [commercial]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWnunavN4bQ Tyson, T. (2010). Making learning irresistible. In Jacobs, H.H., Curriculum 21 (pp. 115-132). Alexandra, VA: ASCD