My philosophy of education of education is based on my desires to help others, mentoring a student population that will eventually be more intelligent than I am, and teaching other people to strive for excellence naturally. Helping others comes easier to me than personal desires because overlook my discomforts more readily than seeing it in others. Critical media literacy helps those that may be confused by technology, advertising and the agendas of the source of information. I would enjoy enlightening students that are lacking in understanding of media. "Too often I hear my teaching colleagues and administrators pass off mobile media as a novelty at best, and - more often - a significant distraction to learning." (Avila & Pandya, 2013)I would challenge this notion. Mentoring students to become more intelligent than me is another part of instructing I enjoy. A reunion with a former student that tells me that I made a difference in their development brightens my day more than any thoughts of salary. Critical media literacy has potential to be a defining moment in an education as shown by the quote: "school can play an important role in introducing students to technology, in contextualizing, scaffolding, and practicing critical awareness and constructive, perhaps even disruptive, ways of using tools for digital literacy."(Avila , 2013)Lastly, I enjoy teaching others to strive for excellence naturally. I was late in learning this lesson in life, so I am committed to help others learn it at an earlier age. The skills taught with critical media literacy can open up a students eyes to the potential they have in the creation of media products, understanding the goals of others, and the technology skills taught concurrently can benefit the students in other fields. "The obvious thing to say about digital stories and other kinds of signification that are mediated by new information technologies is that they offer distinctive contrasts to the primarily alphabetic texts and the forms of textual reasoning that predominate in schools and universities." (Avila , 2013)
I found a great link for media education at: http://mediaeducationlab.com/ This website and its related articles are supported by the University of Rhode Island. I would use this reference for ideas for teaching my students.
http://mkoehler.educ.msu.edu/tpack/what-is-tpack/ gives more information into the background of tpack. I would use this for ideas for my own training.
I found an article supporting mobile devices at the classroom at: http://www.edudemic.com/mobile-devices-in-the-classroom/ and would use this as logic for support.
I found interesting teaching aids at http://classroom-aid.com/educational-resources/digital-literacy/. This site has a collection of teaching aids for completing searches in literacy.
I would use this digital story as a starting point for instruction in creating one that is a baseline for other ideas:
Reference:
Avila, JuliAnna, Pandya, Jessica Zacher.(2013)Critical Digital Literacies as Social
Praxis. Peter Lang Publishing: New York, New York.
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