Literacy, Technology and Instruction

Media Literacy Reflection Paper

Due October 28th

60 Points

 

You have been assigned a series of five short documents that reflect growing instituional suppport for media literacy. Be sure to read all five; your writing should reflect content from all these articles but you should focus on two. Write a four-six page, word-processed, double-spaced cohesive essay that reflects the rational/philosophy supporting media literacy, and the implications for classroom practice and pedagogy. Be sure to address specific skills that media literacy focuses on.Your papers will be used to promote small group discussion on the night of October 28.

 

 

Documents will include:

Sue Swain Executive Director NMSU (2002)

National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (2003)

Office of National Drug Control Policy White House (2001)

National PTA (2002)

Learning for the 21st Century (2003)

 

 

Rubric

 

Media Literacy

 

 Beginning

Developing

Accomplished

Score

Total

60

 

Content

Utilizes all of the articles but focues on two

Provides basic summary of the main ideas and arguments made in the reading.

Provides a comprehensive overview of the main ideas contained in the reading, elaborates with examples from the text and personal experiences/observations, and addresses the skills necessary for media literacy
Comprehensively articulates the key arguments presented in the reading while also analyzing the strengths and weaknesses of the arguments, elaborates with appropriate examples and experiences form personal life and or the text or other relevant texts and articulates the skills necessary for media literac.
 
Scoring Continuum
0  
30
  

Writer's Craft

Creativity, Flow, Organization, Transitions

Loose organization: tangential information; lacks introduction and/or conclusion; unfocused
Hard to follow in some places; some reorganization would enhance readability of the paper; lacks transitions.
Smooth flow of ideas, paper is cohesive: includes introduction, conclusion, transitions, headings and subheadings.
 
Scoring Continuum
0  
20
  

Mechanics

Grammar, Punctuation, Spelling, APA
Faulty punctuation; misspellings; sentence fragments and other mechanical errors, which detract from the content.
Some grammatical, puncutation and APA errors.
Appropriate punctuation, sentence and paragraph formation; appropriate use of APA style for references.
 
Scoring Continuum
0  
10