Syllabus

Required Readings: Posted PDF's in each Module

Book: Goodman, S. (2003). Teaching youth media: A critical guide to literacy, video production, and social change. New York: Teachers College.

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Discussion questions will be posted in each module in order for students to participate in an online forum where discussion of critical ideas raised in the course will go on. Each week, students are required to respond to the week’s discussion topic. The Diigo social bookmarking tool will be used to provide students with the ability to share web resources that they find related to the course content. A minimum of 1 link/module (6 total) is required. All posts should have a 1-2 sentence as to why it was chosen. Students are expected to complete all of the assigned readings. Where indicated on the syllabus, write a reflective blog post on your Ning. Use the response prompt provided in the assignment link for your response focus. Write responses that demonstrate your understanding, connections you are making and examples that illustrate your ideas. The response blog post is not a summary of the topic, but rather a reflection of how you understand it. At the end of each response blog post, briefly answer this question: “How is the course going?” Writing helps us reflect on our thinking, internalize our learning, make concepts concrete, and discover connections. The research demonstrates that __writing to learn__ helps us __learn to write.__
 * 1. Discussion Board** – 60 points
 * 2. Diigo Resource Links** – 60 points
 * 3. Readings and Three Response Blog Posts – 60 points (20 points each)**
 * 4. KWL** – The KW will be complted at the beginning of the course, the L at the end. (15 points – 5 fo K, 5 for W – 10 for L)
 * 5. Individual Learning Technology Project** (Visual Representation of Project, Paper) – 50 points
 * 6. Final Individual Project** (Outline, Presentation, Paper) – 50 points
 * Total Class Points - 200**