Media

UNDERSTANDING MEDIA LITERACY: INSIDE PLATO'S CAVE

 

Welcome

1 Jan 2018  Please note this course is not currently available. Please contact Gary Marcuse for more information  marcuse@facetofacemedia.ca   604 251 0770


A breakthrough course fills a gap in media education
Finally, an online credit course for teachers, teachers in training, and students interested in communications studies and media education.  Media literacy is a mandated part of the curriculum across Canada, yet there is very little training available at any level. In the past teachers looking for professional development found little or no support. Many avoided teaching media studies because of their lack of education. This new online course will meet that need.

Understanding Media Literacy: Inside Plato’s Cave was an online, 13 unit,  three credit course written, tested and endorsed by teachers and delivered in partnership with Athabasca University.

Available as a summer workshop, or for individual study, the course is especially designed to aid grades 7 – 12 teachers in helping their students to develop an informed and critical understanding of the nature, impact and techniques of the mass media. The units are highly interactive and will assist teachers in developing skills to adapt these lessons to their students’ needs and their teaching situations.

 

Contacts


 

John J. Pungente, SJ

Jesuit Communication Project

416-920-3286 

pungente@sympatico.ca

 

Carolyn Wilson

Association for Media Literacy / OISE

416-460-1571 

carolyn_wilson@hpcdsb.edu.on.ca

 

Producers

Gary Marcuse, Betsy Carson

Face to Face Media

604 251 0770

marcuse@smartt.com, carson@smartt.com

www.facetofacemedia.ca