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Bulletin - Friday, October 3, 2008
National Media Education Week 2008 Bulletin is delivered to your inbox each Friday until National Media Education Week (November 3-7). For those who subscribe to MNet News, this will replace the Friday edition.
This informative e-bulletin features the latest news and announcements about the week and ideas on how you can get involved.
Sponsorship...
Media Awareness Network and the Canadian Teachers' Federation are pleased to welcome S-VOX as a Bronze Sponsor of National Media Education Week. S-VOX has been part of National Media Education Week since its launch in 2006.
Media education in action...
Featured event
Events to celebrate the week are taking place in schools and communities across Canada. This is how Student Vote will be marking National Media Education Week 2008:
October 14, 2008 – Student Vote Federal
Student Vote is coordinating a national parallel election for Canada's 40th general election. The initiative has students tracking media coverage and discussing and deliberating the current issues, parties and candidates in class and with family and friends. It culminates in an authentic voting experience where students vote on the real candidates. The project is open to all elementary, junior and senior high schools and there is no cost to participate.
For more details: http://www.studentvote.ca/home.html
To see if there are any National Media Education Week events in your region, visit the Events Calendar.
Featured educators and youth
This section spotlights innovative educators and youth across the country who are making media education happen. This week's featured educator is Giuliana Cucinelli, from McGill University in Montreal.
Giuliana runs the mProject, a new media education initiative at St. Georges High School in Montréal that explores learning and living in an era of media convergence. The work she facilitates with students at St. Georges uses emerging and hybrid media genres and forms such as remix and mash up, and the dissemination potentials of the Web 2.0.
Click here to read more about the project.
Ideas to get you started
You don't need a grand event to get involved in National Media Education Week. Students, parents and teachers can participate in meaningful small-scale activities in their classrooms, homes or community centers. Need a few ideas to get you started?
- Organize a junk food hunt. Choose a popular shopping district and have the children record the number of times they see advertising for junk food (e.g. billboards, fast-food outlets, and litter such as fast-food or candy wrappers found on the ground). Have them compare their findings with any evidence of health food in the same area.
- Use a media fair to highlight student-produced media productions. Invite a variety of local organizations - universities, local media, book publishers, law enforcement, Internet service providers, etc. - to participate as judges, exhibitors and presenters during the fair.
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