Cookie Monster and Media Literacy

Visual literacy has become very popular in the last few years, as well as the idea of education being multi-modal. It is important for us students to understand how much influence and impact media projects can have on our potential students, and the best way to understand is to try it ourselves.

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Next week, we are presenting our Media Literacy projects. I was initially very intimidated by it, because I wasn't really sure how it would turn out. However, after working with my awesome group, I feel very confident about our project and actually love the ideas we have been able to come up with. We started with a really simple concept and then it just snowballed into a big project. Initially we weren't sure how we would talk or teach a lesson for half an hour; now half an hour does not seem like enough time. We all have our own little projects but we are going to make sure to tie them into one another so the presentation flows smoothly.

I started my portion of the presentation and it's coming along well. I tried to make it a little interesting and fun, because as teachers we cannot just lecture students and expect them to enjoy it, or even learn from it. I am really enjoying working on this project, because it is interesting and a bit of a challenge. Although, my project is on Facebook, (My Project) I have to ensure that it does not lack in substance. PowerPoint has become the safe choice for all presentations in classrooms, even though there are so many other services and options available. Our group would like to show how the world is changing, and we have to learn to adapt to it, to better reach our students.