Students will be able to…
• Demonstrate effective personalized research skills, including: accessing information, assessing information, collecting data, evaluating data
• Access a range of online information on personally selected topics, including sources
• From a range of online media types (e.g., traditional in proprietary databases (e.g. radio, newspapers, books), and social media including: collaborative projects (e.g., Wikipedia), blogs and micro blogs (e.g., Twitter), content communities (e.g., YouTube), social networking sites (e.g., Facebook), virtual game worlds (e.g., World of Warcraft), and virtual social worlds (e.g. Second Life). Technologies include: blogs, picture-sharing, vlogs, wall-postings, email, instant messaging, music-sharing, crowdsourcing and voice over IP,)
• From a range of online publishers and stakeholders, including mainstream, alternative, and special interest groups
• Representing a range of perspectives
• That qualify as primary (e.g., original documents, interviews, surveys, court documents) and secondary (e.g., books, articles, reports, summaries)
• Explain the importance of accessing and considering a range of information sources (e.g., to acknowledge and challenge own beliefs and biases, to represent a range of viewpoints)
Explain the central unifying concept of media education that the media do not reflect reality but re-present it using symbolic or sign systems.
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