If you're new to my website or my blog, welcome. I use this space to talk about teaching and learning, and to reflect on my professional practice. Tonight, #K12Media (an educational chat on Twitter that I co-moderate) will be all about "Back to School". We hope to share ideas, lessons and resources to start the year.
One key concept for my grade 11 classes is Representation. We spend a good deal of time in the course talking about how people, places and things are represented in media (which includes literature). My idea for this year: why not pick your favourite "Back to School" commercial and put it in the media triangle? This simple activity can fit into a shortened period and allows students to see how we're going to analyse a variety of media works. Teachers can have students vote on which commercial to use, then use YouTube or the company's website to find the commercial. Alternatively, you can browse around and select a sample.