VALUES AND VIRTUES IN A TECH-DRIVEN WORLD
2023-2-BE02-KA210-SCH-000170998

Activity Title: ACT-2 Understanding Media Representations (Virtual Activity)

Venue: Virtual Activity

Start date: 14/10/2024

End date: 16/10/2024

Leading Organisation: GO! Atheneum Grimbergen Participating Organisations:

 

• IES La Zafra (Spain)

• BGSZC Budai Gimnázium és Szakgimnázium (Hungary)

• Dorlion Eğitim Bilim ve Kültür Derneği (Türkiye)

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Content:

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Day 1 (Monday):

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- Workshop 1: This virtual activity for media literacy is designed to help pupils understand the power of media and how it can shape our understanding of the world. The teachers will begin by having pupils watch a short video clip or read a news article about a current event. Then, they will ask pupils to identify the main message of the media piece and how it is presented. They will discuss the potential biases in the media piece and how it might influence how people think about the issue.

 

Day 2 (Tuesday):

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- Workshop 2: Participants will explore how media representations shape our understanding of the world in this virtual activity. Participants will be asked to select a media text (e.g. a movie, TV show, advertisement, etc.) and analyze it for its representations of gender, race, class, and other social categories. Participants will then discuss their findings in a virtual discussion forum. Through this activity, participants will better understand how media representations can shape our feelings.

 

Day 3 (Wednesday):

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- Final day: On the last day, the partner schools will organize a virtual meeting on Twinspace and share the products online with the partner schools and the NGO.

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