How can your students evaluate media?
3. Based on the analysis you did in module 3, answer the questions posed to draw your conclusions about the media you chose to analyse.
Share the media you chose to analyse and now evaluate
Summarise your analyses from module 3
Answer any of the below questions that are relevant to your evaluation (from https://medialiteracyweek.us/about/theme/evaluate/)
Key Questions to ask when Evaluating media messages:
How credible is this and how do I know?
Is this fact, opinion, or something else?
Can I trust this source to tell me the truth about this topic?
Who might benefit from this message? Who might be harmed by it?
How does this make me feel and how do my emotions influence my interpretation of this?
How might different people understand this message differently?
Is this message good for me or people like me?
Give your media an evaluation out of 5 stars
4. With your class: Try one of the lessons below. How else can you get students to evaluate media?
Tweet about this module.
Summarize what you talked about on Flipgrid
Why is it important for us to analyse and evaluate media?
What is next for your class?
Use the hashtag #MediaLiteracyK5 and tag @innovative_inq
Module 4 Checklist for Success:
I have read the Media Literacy Week link
I have created a Flipgrid response
I have led an evaluate lesson with my class
(optional) I have tweeted about media evaluation with the hashtag #MediaLiteracyK5 and tagged @innovative_inq