Teaching
Technology & Production
One of the best ways to understand how media are put together is to do just that - make a video, create a website. The more real world the project is, the better. New technologies create all sorts of possibilities for making media. This technology is getting cheaper all the time, but making media doesn’t have to be high-tech.
• To get views across to an audience
• To help explore own ideas and experiences
• To learn to work with other people
• To have fun!
Of course, there’s a lot of fun to be had just messing around with media. But if you want to really improve the work of the students, you can learn a lot from trying to reach a particular audience.
This will help them think hard about what they want to say, and how they are going to put it across. Finding out how people respond to what a group of students produces can be surprising and informative – and (if you’re lucky) it will really give them confidence. There are more and more ways for young people to get their productions noticed: use the World Wide Web, or approach your local TV or radio station.
We make to learn, rather than learn to make.
Robert Ferguson, The Media in Question
2004
One of the best ways to understand how media are put
together is to do just that-- make a video, create a
website, develop an ad campaign about a community issue.
The more real world the project is, the better. Digital
cameras and computer authoring programs provide easy ways
to integrate creative production projects in any subject
area. In addition the four major arts disciplines --
music, dance, theatre and the visual arts -- can also
provide a context through which one gains skills of
analysis, interpretation and appreciation along with
opportunities for self-expression and producing a message
for an audience.
New technologies create all sorts of possibilities for
making media. With the right computer
packages, students can manipulate photographs and images,
create layouts for newspapers or magazines, edit video
and sound, and put their work out on the World Wide Web.
This technology is getting cheaper all the time, and it
can make your work look really professional. But making
media doesn’t have to be high-tech. Students can
make great stuff with instant cameras, or even just
paper, scissors and glue. Magazines, collages, posters
and photo displays are cheap and easy to make, and can be
a good way of getting message across. Radio or audio tape
can also be a great medium to work with.
Read Teaching Tips for Media
Production and a summary of
the Key Questions
Übersetzt und adaptiert nach: Buckingham, David (2003) Questioning the Media: A Guide for Students. UNESCO
Center for Media Literacy (2003) Literacy for the 21st Century. Orientation & Overview. www.medialit.org