Auditory Learning in a Visual Classroom

The Reading In a Media, Technology and Education (EDEC 262) class, I uncovered a framework for teaching and learning called Universal Design for Learning. In short, this framework is about restructuring your classroom so that you offer many different ways for students to be able to engage in the classroom, to make sense of information and…

Collaborative Video Production

The Reading The study Video Production and Youth-Educator Collaboration by Michelle Stack explores the relationships between high school students and university professors and the impact when they are asked to collaborate on a public service announcement video clip production. One idea that really resonated with me in the study was that video production projects promote democratic pedagogy because "video…

Teaching Media Literacy – Lesson Plan Analysis

The Reading A style of goal-oriented teaching which has resonated with me was brought to my attention in Teaching Democracy: a Media Literacy Approach. The reading brought forth many interesting and creative ways to engage our students in democratic learning. I believe that it is the teacher's role to prepare student's for democratic life, and Teaching Democracy brought…