CPT10,20,30

1) [|Media Literacy Article] This article describes "Literacy for the 21st Century" which supports critical thinking and creative communication. The article explains that literacy today doesn't just include words on a piece of paper but now is through powerful images and sounds in our multi-media culture. Media literacy teaches students how to identify key concepts, make connections between multiple ideas, ask pertinent questions, formulate responses, identify fallacies that form the foundation of intellectual freedom, and exercise being a full citizen in a democratic society. I would use this resource in a CPT class to help students analyze media messages and decipher how they are constructed. This would help students understand how media targets certain audiences, decides on techniques to attract attention, uses persuasion and emotion, and omits and includes information in a text. This is important in CPT classes since a major component of the class is on communication. Students must be educated about media literacy in order to decipher the messages that the media is constantly bombarding upon them. This will help students assess how businesses use the media to create effective ads to display their products and get their messages to their potential customers. Students will learn how to create effective ads and can apply their knowledge of media literacy by creating an effective ad and commercial. This is an effective teacher resource.