The document discusses various topics related to media literacy education including: - The importance of teaching students to analyze visual images and media messages critically rather than just consuming them at face value. - Several quotes from experts emphasizing the importance of media literacy for democratic societies and the need for education to help students understand modern media landscapes. - An example of a student who learned to deconstruct messages after taking a media literacy course.

1. Melda N. Yildiz [email_address] Digital Storytelling Across Cultures and Throughout History: From Awareness to Action in Teacher Education

2. Everybody has a story to tell http://mnyildiz.googlepages.com/digitalstorytelling

13. The trouble…is that we have taken our democracy for granted; we have thought and acted as if our forefathers had founded it once and for all. We have forgotten that it has to be enacted anew in every generation. John Dewey

14. Yeh- Shen: A Cinderella Story From China

15. Circle of Life

23. http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/petition/drunk.asp

32. http://www.pbs.org/race/000_General/000_00-Home.htm

35. As we enter the twenty first century, it is essential that the schools be places that help students better understand the complex, symbol-rich culture in which they live in. A new vision of literacy is essential if educators are serious about the broad goals of education: preparing students to function as informed and effective citizens in a democratic society; preparing students to realize personal fulfillment; and preparing students to function effectively in a rapidly changing world that demands new, multiple literacies . Renee Hobbs, 1997

39. "I learned how to deconstruct commercials, how to use the camera equipment, and how to create a public service announcement. Most importantly, I experienced that every message can be interpreted differently. Depending on the era, personal experience, each sign makes different meaning to different people. Prior to taking this course, I simply watched a commercial at face value. I never really looked at the details or asked myself what target audience the advertising company was aiming for. Since class, I have been a commercial-analyzing junkie. I look at the color scheme, the logo, the endorser (if there is one), choice of music, and the intended target audience.”

40. “ I am happy to have met you, because you have given me much more to think about than just the content of this class. … More than learning video production, this course gave me the chance to reflect on my own viewing habits and I learned something about myself.”

46. http://tyrashow.warnerbros.com/show_recaps/show_recap_tue61.html

56. Construction of Meaning Sign Experience Meaning Construction Time/ era Context/ place

63. The Truth but not the Whole Truth

66. The V Sign

67. V for Victory Winston Churchill gives the victory sign at a political rally, Liverpool, 1951

68. The "V" for victory that Winston Churchill used (with the palm facing outward, same as the American sign for "peace"), when the palm is reversed, it means something else... If a person used two fingers to order two beers in a British pub.. it has insulting connotations…

69. # 2 the two fingers in a 1st grade math class may refer to the number "two"

70. OK (okay) vs. 0K (zero kilobyte)

78. James Mangan , 1981 Learning through pictures Yogi Bear Tsimshian Bear

79. Marguerite de Valois Queen Margot 1553-1615

119. Girls, Girls, Girls: Mc Donald’s Commercial Production Notes: Fast Food for Thought by Jason Simon USA 1986, video, 28:00 min PublisherVideo Date Bank

126. Corporate Flag