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Syllabus StructureA Learning Journey of Media Literacies at Teachers College (under revision)Course Duration: 10 sessions, 15 hours1. General Introduction: Types of Contemporary Media Literacies Readings: Forsdale (1966). Film Literacy.Liebes (1992). Television, Parents, and the Political Socialization of Children.Brown (2002). Literacy in the Cyber Age.Warschauer (2007). Information Literacy in the Laptop ClassroomBruce et al. (2005). Plants, Pathogens, and People: Extending the Classroom to the Web. 2. Media Literacies in Daily Life and Teaching -- I Readings:Cherow-Oleary (2003). "Interactivity in Children's Television," A Report Commissioned by the Disney.Assignment:Post to the the Facebook group photos of street signs, video clips, web logs and any other media content that you think can be taught in classroom3. Media Literacies in Daily Life and Teaching -- II  Readings: Schrader, et al. (2003). Using Internet delivered video cases, to support pre-service teachers’ understanding of effective early literacy instruction: An exploratory study. Instructional Science, 31, 317–340.Assignment: Post to the Facebook group photos of street signs, video clips, web logs and any other media content that you think can be taught in classroom4. Media Literacies, Teaching,  and Research -- IReadings from TC Pocket Knowledge:Bringing Hurricane Katrina into the Classroom: Media Literacy Lessons and Activities by American Media Literacy AssociationRecommended Reading: Cherow-Oleary (2004). Multimedia Texts and Media Literacy: Approaches to Educational Research for the 21st Century.Exploration: Post to the Facebook group your interested finds about Film & Education Research Academy (FERA)5. Media Literacies, Teaching,  and Research -- IIReadings:Making Literacy Connections: Comic Books and the Role of Youth MediaDeveloping methods and techniques for fostering media literacy in adultsComputer literacy taught through the medium of a secondary school accounting classRecommended Reading: Zlogar (2008). Selected chapters in Mediacology: A Multicultural Approach to Media Literacy in the Twenty-First Century6. Digital "Training" of  Media-literacy Skills Reading: Hill (2003). Integrating Digital Tools into a Culturally Diverse Curriculum: An Assessment Model for the Pacesetter Program.Exploration: Center for Media LiteracyDigital Story Telling toolsVideo Conversation Tools: Critter, VoiceThreadAssignment: Assigned Group 1 : Use Critter to make comments on Digital literacy (TechKnowledge in AfterEd)Assigned Group 2: Use VoiceThread to make comments on Behind the Scenes: Super Why! (AfterEd, podcast version available) Post reflections to the Facebook group.7. Group Study: Media Literacies and Teaching Specific Academic Subject Readings: BartLett (2007). To Seem and To Feel: Situated Identities and Literacy Practices.Boling (2005). A Time of New Literacies: Who’s Educating the Teacher Educators?Recommended Reading:Broughton (2007) Learning Visual Culture: From Media Literacy to Screen Education" in K.Sealey Film, Politics and Education. Assignment: (1) Post to the Facebook group interested topics and potential media to be used for final project.(2) Find potential group members that you may want to work with within the forum.(3) Start to design content and explore digital tools for the final project.8. Group Work: Create a Lesson by Using/Creating Media LiteraciesStudents will work in groups to develop a lesson plan through using or creating media litearcies.Assignment: (1) Each group's lesson plan including types of media to be utilized/created needs to be posted onto the Facebook group page.(2) Everyone needs to critique as well as give feedback to each other's original lesson plan.(3) Group project needs to be finalized and posted to the Facebook group at least one day before this session.9. Group Web PresentationGroup web presentation and reflection on final projects through wiki, glog, critter, etc.Students need to post their works/links/outlines to the Facebook group page at least one day before this session.10. Group ReflectionGroup web presentation and reflection through wiki, glog, critter, etc. 

TC Professors

Charles Kinzer (Professor of Education)Maloch, E., & Kinzer, C. K.  (2006). The impact of multimedia cases on preservice teachers' learning about literacy teaching: a follow-up study.  The Teacher Educator, 41(3), 158-171. Schrader, P. G., Leu, D. J., Kinzer, C. K., Ataya, R., Labbo, L. D., Teale, W. H., & Cammack, D. W.   (2003). Using Internet delivered video cases, to support pre-service teachers’ understanding of effective early literacy instruction: An exploratory study. Instructional Science, 31, 317–340. John M. Broughton (Associate Professor of Psychology and Education) "Learning Visual Culture: From Media Literacy to Screen Education" in K.Sealey Film, Politics and Education (Peter Lang 2007) "Education, Transgender and Film: Ma Vie en Rose" (in preparation). Lalitha VasudevanAssistant Professor of Technology and EducationMarjorie SiegelAssociate Professor of EducationRenee Cherow-Oleary(Assistant Professor of English Education)Education for the 21st Century: New Curricular Paradigms--book in progress "Multimedia Texts and Media Literacy: Approaches to Educational Research for the 21st Century," presentation at Ways of Knowing Conference, Teachers College, 2004.  Article in process. "Interactivity in Children's Television," A Report Commissioned by the Disney

TC Courses/Conferences

Special Topics in Arts and Humanities: DAVID BUCKINGHAM on Media and Popular Culture in the Classroom (1-2 credits, syllabus available). Popular Culture in the Classroom Teach, Think, Play 2007, 5010, sec 002, Instructor: John Broughton (syllabus available). Work Conference: "We Media": Empowering Students as Citizen Journalists, MSTU5814.01/CRN (introduction available)MSTU5515 001 New Media, Technology and LanguageMSTU4036 001 Hypermedia and EducationMSTU5002 001 Culture, Media and EducationC&T 6501 Adolescent Literacies and multimodality (syllabus available)Literacies and Technologies (syllabus available) 

TC Research Centers/Labs

Center for Multiple Languages and Literacies Projects going on: The Multilingual Ecology of New York City, in collaboration with RISLUS, CUNY Literacy Practices of Latino High School Immigrants New Media Support for Latino Middle School Learners Games Research Lab Film & Education Research Academy (FERA) The Comic Book Project

Recent TC Dissertations

A study of network-based art criticism in an online gallery: A synthetic approach to media literacy by Shin, Sunghee, Ed.D., Teachers College, Columbia University, 2006, 103 pages; AAT 3237099 "Teenage addiction": Adolescent girls drawing upon popular culture texts as mentors for writing in an after-school writing club by Skinner, Emily Neil, Ed.D., Teachers College, Columbia University, 2006, 296 pages; AAT 3225198 "Hey school! Are you listening'?": Student testimonios of possibility sites at an alternative continuation high school by Oesterreich, Heather Adele, Ed.D., Columbia University Teachers College, 2003, 242 pages; AAT 3091283 Sikh immigrant students in New York City: Negotiating dual cultures by Chawla, Bindu, Ed.D., Columbia University Teachers College, 2001, 142 pages; AAT 3014884 Media literacy and video technology: Educational and motivational tools to empower African-American males in special education by Harts, Melissa Lorraine, Ed.D., Columbia University Teachers College, 1997, 189 pages; AAT 9734064 Media literacy and adolescent education: Curriculum goals assessment by Kenyon, Julie Ann, Ed.D., Columbia University Teachers College, 1996, 229 pages; AAT 9635988 Cinemaesthetics: A college-level curriculum in film and communication theory, aesthetics and ethics, critical thinking, reading, and articulation skills by Hickey, James William, Ed.D., Columbia University Teachers College, 1990, 196 pages; AAT 9113473 Developing methods and techniques for fostering media literacy in adults by Handron, Dorothea Scott, Ed.D., Columbia University Teachers College, 1988, 244 pages; AAT 8906458

AfterEd - Digital Literacy

AfterEd - Behind the Scenes: Super Why!

Teachers College Record

Overview Books reviewed in TC Record Reading the Media in High School: Media Literacy in High School English Television, Parents, and the Political Socialization of Children Crossing the Digital Divide: Race, Writing and Technology in the Classroom Media Literacy: Transforming Curriculum and Teaching, 104th Yearbook of the National Society of Education, Part I Reading the Media in High School: Media Literacy in High School English Mediacology: A Multicultural Approach to Media Literacy in the Twenty-First Century Media, Education, and Change Media, Learning, and Sites of Possibility To Seem and To Feel: Situated Identities and Literacy Practices Types of Media Literacy Film Literacy Television, Parents, and the Political Socialization of Children Literacy in the Cyber Age Information Literacy in the Laptop Classroom Plants, Pathogens, and People: Extending the Classroom to the Web A Learner-Centered Framework for E-Learning History Communication and Communication Arts: A Historical Approach to the Media Media Literacy for K-12 and Higher Education Making Literacy Connections: Comic Books and the Role of Youth Media The Tacit Media Pedagogy as Praxial Critique: A Critique of Postmodern Theory for Higher Education Curriculum Media and Culture Integrating Digital Tools into a Culturally Diverse Curriculum: An Assessment Model for the Pacesetter Program "Girl, You Better Go Get You a Condom": Popular Culture and Teen Sexuality As Resources for Critical Multicultural Curriculum To Seem and To Feel: Situated Identities and Literacy Practices Teacher Education A Time of New Literacies: Who’s Educating the Teacher Educators?