Kick-off+Planning

=Media Literacy Week Kick-Off Event Planning=


 * TO DO LIST:**
 * #1 Plan agenda for kick-off day (on wiki, this page)
 * #1 Determine location, date, time, and participants
 * #1 Create Learning Experiences
 * #2 Create Advisory Note & invite the Minister of Education to attend
 * #2 Media and Partnerships to advertise and work with (MB. Edu; ManACE; MTS;St.James SD;DSFM;MAETL;Physd/Health;Guidence;MB Middle Yrs Assoc.)

* I spoke with Ryan Miller last night about the possibility of writing an original song that could be showcased during the kick-off event (Andy) - He has agreed and will incorporate the themes for this year's Media Literacy week celebrations along with the 'Blurred Images' theme that Darren had suggested... - Ryan initial thought was that he'd like to structure the lyrics in the form of students asking questions about the impact media has on youth, gender, beauty, etc... (That sounds like a great idea! Kids at different ages and stages will have different sorts of questions and concerns!) (Roz) - I've also invited Ryan to participate in our upcoming planning sessions, so hopefully he'll be able to join us :-) Great! Thank you Andy for speaking to Ryan and getting him involved. Thank you Ryan for being willing to do this! This will mean so much to the kids! (Roz)  - in process of creating a wiki to present: overview of "Video Challenge" and instructions; to show where in the curriculum Media Literacy connects; to post the EY, MY, SY learning experiences; and provide links to other sample lessons, etc. (Roz)

- in process of writing a draft AN, looking at samples of other ANs for events. (Roz) - We need to set up another meeting to finalize this day, (Illuminate) online like Andy suggested. I will send out an email tomorrow to Andy to touch base to find out how to do that. (Roz) I am waiting to hear from Barb Boerchers, middle years consultant for the River East Transcona School Division about a MY group who may be able to perform at our Kick-off event. Carol Ridd, arts consultant for the division is preparing a group who will perform (song and music) for the WSO on Nov. 1. I don't know the content/theme of their performance and have asked Barb to let me know if their performance fits our "media and gender" theme. If so, it will be nice to have a "live" performance and have representation by midle years students. (Val)

A timel ﻿ ine starting with the kickoff and ending with the culminating activity would be helpful to schools and teachers. (Val) Will the "Blured Images" have content suitable for all ages? (Val) An Idea for Video Contest: Government of Canada's Anti-Racism 2010-2011 Video Contest: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/multiculturalism/march21/index.asp?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=brochures&utm_campaign=March21 - a number of Manitoba school's won this contest last year: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/multiculturalism/march21/video/2010-eng.asp - maybe we could ask the kids to create videos that help educate others about and to stop the stereotyping, and gender biases in media? We could put winning videos on our website and Jean Hallas mentioned that they did a video contest for Bullying and they put the winning videos on a DVD with a manual with activities to support teaching about Bullying and sent it out to all the schools across MB. I have asked Jean for a copy of the CD to see as an example. (Roz) - I think the type of media awareness exhibited by students who are using the media to convey a message is a different awareness than just understanding how the media influences our thinking. This would be a great activity. We should use some of the completed videos as activators for the students..(Howard)

The Criteria - Target Start Time: morning (try for 10:00 am) - Length: 1 hour - 1.5hrs (10 am - lunch) - Location possibilities: Andy will look into George Waters; theatre in St. James Collegiate - Current Target Date: Nov. 4, 2010 - Participants: 2 - 3 classes total; 1 MYs and 1 SYs from George Waters and St. James Collegiate ; EYs from Brooklands School with Ryan (student representatives, e.g. a small group to sing song)

Agenda
(list possible ideas)
 * Minister's address (Unveil Learning Experiences (lesson outlines); Video Challenge)
 * MTS address
 * Welcome from St. James SD (hosting)
 * Song
 * Creative Arts piece
 * images with music that demostrates all media- autoplay as everyone walks in and then at the end; we need a tag line? (Blurred Images - kids self-images are being blurred and influnenced by media and gender roles; kids beliefs are being blurred, images are not real that we see.)
 * Introduce video challenge and provide website and details about lessons and video challenge; need a wiki?
 * Have examples of what artifacts that can be submitted might look like