Media Arts Integration Lessons
Choose a subject to find a lesson that integrates media arts.
Media Arts & Math
Instruction and Design
For example, in this lesson the teacher would:
- Explain that effective media messages include a clear position statement and a defined target audience
- Discuss how words and images work together to communicate a message
- Share a Faux Paw the Techno Cat advertising campaign and guide students to identify the message, target audience, and strategies used to reach a wide audience
- Facilitate discussion about how media makers design ads to help people value a message
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Why Media Arts?
"The purpose of media literacy education is to help individuals of all ages develop the habits of inquiry and skills of expression that they need to be critical thinkers, effective communicators and active citizens in today's world."
—National Association for Media Arts Education
Perhaps the most obvious benefit of media production is that young people will learn valuable technical and creative skills that will later serve as qualifications for future jobs and careers.
When we talk about the importance of teaching students media literacy skills as a necessary for 21st century education, we are talking about helping students build critical analysis skills to skillfully navigate media they watch and create. It is helpful to explicitly address the term media literacy with students so they understand how the skills they are gaining are useful as they learn to construct and deconstruct various media forms.
Teaching students to create media with social impact engages them in civics education and empowers them to address real-world issues. Media activism uses communication technologies to support social and political movements, while civic media literacy lets students customize and contextualize classroom content. Exhibition opportunities further amplify student voice.
Media Arts Standards
In keeping with the National Core Arts Standards, media arts standards are based on the artistic processes of Creating; Performing, Producing & Presenting; Responding; and Connecting.
National Media Arts Standards (NMAS) serve as a conceptual framework for media arts learning and outline the philosophy, primary goals, dynamic processes, structures, and outcomes that shape student learning and achievement. Below is a sample of these standards. Click here to see the complete K-12 set.
Media Arts in the Elementary Classroom
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