Media Literacy

First, let me tell you about Media literacy. It is the ability to access, analyze, evaluate, and create media. Media literate youth and adults are better able to understand the complex messages we receive from television, radio, Internet, newspapers, magazines, books, billboards, video games, music, and all other forms of media. Kids now a day see of that on tv and internet. It is sad that companies give false advertising to make you believe  the product will make you look skinner or prettier. There are so many advertsiting weight commercials and make up advertisements that are telling you that it would work but really it does not its fake. It is all Photoshop.  In class, I already knew about advertisements getting people well young children to buy things. People ask me to take pills that it will help you or take this and that but come on if it were true everyone in the world would be skinny. That is how I started knowing about false advertisements. Also you end up hearing months later people died because they believed the products from the advertisements are beneficial for you but really they make you sick and unhealthy. Another is McDonald's, that fast food industry puts a clown and gives toys when buying a kids meal. Which we already know how bad that food is but everyone still buys it because its cheap and affordable.  Advertisements are all about getting people to buy things and making money. I believe we should teach Media literacy to children so that they are aware to make choices this will help them with   Develop critical thinking skills, how media messages shape our culture and society, Recognize what the media maker wants us to believe or do, Recognize bias, spin, misinformation, and lies  and discover the parts of the story that are not being told.  The children might even hear it from other friends. Here is a body image,weight loss photo shop https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sz1mo-If2UA

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Personal Learning Network

A little about PLN, it stands for Personal Learning Network. What it means is that an individual has developed their own personalized “network” of fellow educators and resources. Twitter is an excellent for educators to use to chat to other educators all over the world for ideas for classroom, and students work and how to be a better teacher. You can log in to twitter at any time you want to chat and share ideas. You do not have to go in person anywhere it’s all on one app on your phone. PLN allows an educator to personalize their training. If a teacher wants to learn more about technology in the classroom, or discussion methods, or how to help struggling students, they can adapt their network to provide exactly the information that is needed. Any social media ] such as Twitter, Facebook, and teacher blogs, teachers can right away post their articles, research, experiences, or discoveries because there is always someone online at all times to chat and share. I hardly used twitter and from this class I learned a lot how it could help me as a future educator when I start teaching in a classroom. I started following 15 educational pages. After following every day I got more and more educational pages asking to follow me for more info to help me as a future educator. I joined a chat on twitter called #kinderchat I was nervous because I am not a teacher yet but right away I introduced myself and said I was a future educator and that this is my first time joining a chat. Many people which were all teachers right away helped me and answered my questions well and told me if I ever need help to let them know. During the chat I saw posts about how to do portfolios for parents and pictures of art work of the teachers classroom asking what else they can add to lesson plans. What I noticed everything went to fast people comment fast and so many questions all I once. I will definitely use twitter in the future when I became a teacher it is a great PLN that everyone should join and check out for themselves for educational purposes.

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About Digital Tattoos

http://aboutmyrecovery.com/16-myths-versus-reality-on-internet-safety-of-our-kids/

What is digital tattoo and digital footprint? This is what we discussed in class on Thursday.  We discussed about tattoos on our body. I myself do not have any and is not planning to have one. I really do not like tattoos. Yes, they are nice depends why you want it and the meaning. Just remember a tattoo is permanent. You hear now a day is how jobs do not want you showing your tattoos because it is unprofessional. The tattoos should not matter what kind of person you are. You should not judge people on their tattoos.

Also about what you write and post your facebook, twitter, snap chat etc.  I already knew about the whole once you post it is always out there forever. Nothing is ever gone and deleted. This is why young students and adults need to think before they post a picture or a post about them or someone else. Now a days when someone reads something that someone posted all they have to do it screen shot it and pass it on to everyone then that image or post is everywhere.  Once you record that video and upload it, it will get re posted so many times and fast once it is on the internet. The teacher discussed how you could search any name and see how much information comes up. I already done that the website I used was spoko. I had searched my dad’s name and showed him. My parents are not tech people. So once, I showed my dad about him online of the house address, how much, relative’s names. Etc. his face was shocked. Even my mom was like shocked. They could not believe all that was online just by typing there name in. I searched my name but nothing comes up. We got into partners and we had to search a person. We found so much info on this woman, her age, phone number, degrees, relatives, house, employment history , and  even family photos. It is scary with so much identity theft going on and stalkers.  I was not surprised because with technology now a day’s everyone’s info is out there and it is easy to get.  It made me think twice about what I post on fb about something or someone on facebook because future jobs can see it or if you’re trying to get a scholarship.

Link http://www.internetsociety.org/your-digital-footprint-matters

Common Core State Standards

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Kindergarten Language

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.K.5.A Sort common objects into categories (e.g., shapes, foods) to gain a sense of the concepts the categories represent.

Skills:

1. similarities and differences (understand)

2.  Identify foods vs. shapes (understand)

3.  Count number of objects (evaluate)

Technology:

1. IPAD

2. Smartboard

The teacher would first begin circle time by reading a book on sorting called "Sort it Out" by Barbara M. and showing them hands on sorting objects on smart board with each child coming up to take a turn sorting also talking to the children about if they know what sorting means or who knows how to sort objects? If the kindergartners are still not quite sure the teacher would do an example with the class by asking them first “How can we put the students in our class into groups?" The teacher would move and put the children into boys and girls or children who have shorts in one side and children wearing pants and count children in each group.  The teacher then would probably pair two children together to work on sorting different objects into categories by having two baskets or placement mats with pictures on both the child well decide which object shape or food goes in what basket or on which placement mat and count each item in the basket. Another activity they can do sort objects by color, shape, and size.