Technology through Time

This year we have been focusing on creating content for our online participants. The idea behind this was for our participants to be access lessons, materials and resources anytime, anywhere. So as a result, we created a series of interactive online lessons for teachers to use to train themselves to integrate Media Literacy into their classrooms, while creating powerful media within their content area. So where can you get these online lessons? Two different locations of course. For those that are Facebook users, you can access them on our Facebook Group , or through our Facebook page . For those that do not have access to Facebook, check out the links on the Our Reality page . Whether you access them on the Our Reality page or the Facebook page though, both will provide you a community-base through Our Reality Forum or Facebook forum to ask more questions, participate in on going discussions about Media Literacy and the creation of powerful media messages.

One of the elements of media literacy is to also be able to evaluate web content as well. Free Technology for Teachers posted an article sometime ago about evaluating websites. He shared 9 excellent resources for evaluating websites:Read below or check out his linked version here!

This excellent Ted Talks explains the importance of how our Brain makes meaning. The implications for this content can greatly help us to create better media. It is suggested that the following methods for having greater meaning include: 1. Use images to clarify what we want to communicate 2. Make images interactive, to engage more fully 3. Make Images persistent

As I finish working on media lessons and posting and sharing about the importance of learning Media Literacy, I came across a Ted Talks about sound. So I will share it here, and link it as well in the lesson on Media and Emotions.

This comes from MakeBlog: In the future, kid scientists will keep companies legit... This is a great way to teach chemistry to kids :) Old story, but new(s) to me... Two New Zealand schoolgirls humbled one of the world's biggest food and drugs companies after their school science experiment found that their ready-to-drink Ribena contained almost no trace of vitamin C. Students Anna Devathasan and Jenny Suo tested the blackcurrant cordial against rival brands to test their hypothesis that cheaper brands were less healthy. Instead, their tests found that the Ribena contained a tiny amount of vitamin C, while another brand's orange juice drink contained almost four times more.