Castleton State College Media Literacy Institute

July 15-19, 2002
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Vermont Framework Vital Results Standards pertaining to media:

Communication Standards

1.4  Students comprehend and respond to a range of media, images, and text (e.g., poetry, narrative, information, technical) for a variety of purposes (e.g., reading for pleasure as well as reading to develop understanding and expertise).

Communication of Data: Selection

1.2.1 Students select appropriate technologies and applications to solve problems and to communicate with an audience.

Fields of Knowledge Standards

Arts, Language, and Literature Standards

Literature and Media: Responding To Media

5.14 Students interpret and evaluate a variety of types of media, including audio, graphic images, film, television, video, and on-line resources. This is evident when students:

Prek-4

5-8

9-12

5.14.a. Analyze and interpret features of a variety of types of media;

5.14.b. Support judgments about what is seen and heard by drawing from experiences beyond the media, or by giving examples of conflicting messages in the media; and

5.14.c. Compare what is seen and heard in the media to their own lives.

Evidence Prek-4 applies, plus-

5.14.d. Make connections among various components of a media presentation (graphics, text, sound, movement, and data) and analyze how these components form a unified message;

5.14.e. Support judgments about what is seen and heard through additional research and the checking of multiple sources; and

5.14.f. Explain the effects of point of view/bias in the media.

Evidence Prek-8 applies, plus-

5.14.g. Evaluate the intents and effects of media messages.

5.14.h. Demonstrate an understanding of the economic and social impacts of various media as they have evolved historically.

 

Design and Production

5.15 Students design and create media products that successfully
communicate.

 

Contact Dr. Thomas Conroy, Castleton State College, Castleton, VT 05765; (802) 468-1373.