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WEEK 10 MEDIA AND INFORMATION LITERACY-PART 2
Name: Nia Hall
This week, I ask that you shape your thoughts about Media & Information Literacy into a
teaching statement that will appear on your web portfolio. MIL is increasingly becoming
an area of concern both for school administrators and parents, and providing a clear
description of your approach to MIL will inform parents and other educators about your
approach to MIL and how they can foster MIL with students.
Recommendations for writing an effective MIL statement
“If at all possible, your statement should enable the reader to imagine you in the
classroom, teaching. You want to include sufficient information for picturing not only you
in the process of teaching, but also your class in the process of learning.” – Helen G.
Grundman, Writing a Teaching Philosophy Statement
Your statement can address any or all of the following:

 Your conception of MIL
 A reflection of why you teach MIL
 The MIL goals you have for yourself and for your students
 A description of how your teaching facilitates MIL
 Your interests in MIL techniques, activities, and types of learning
 The ways in which you will create a MIL learning environment
(Adapted from Center for Teaching Guidelines)
Your MIL statement should include 4 distinguishable paragraphs (minimum 5 lines each)
and an illustration:
1) Your definition of MIL. Why is MIL important, and why should we care? What does
it mean for students to be MI-literate in today's world, both academically and
personally? You can use your reflection from last week's assignment. Remember
that using your own words will bring authenticity to your message.
MIL is important because it informs students on the benefits and dangers of technology.
It allows students to be able to describe appropriate and inappropriate uses of
technology (e.g., computers, Internet, e-mail, cell phones) and describe consequences
of inappropriate use. As well as to be able to be able to use basic menu commands to
perform common operations. Because the world is becoming more technology based
every day, students are also expected to be able to use digital based resources such as,
dictionaries, encyclopedias, search engines, web sites, etc, for problem solving.
2) Your approach to MIL in your classroom. What is it going to look like in your
classroom? How do you see MIL being implemented within and across subjects in your
class? Specific examples are always welcome. There is no right or wrong answer, just
your personal views on teaching.
I see MIL being implemented in my classroom through a variety of types of technology,

Whichever pieces of technology we decide to heavily implement at the time, I will make
sure that my students are able to explain ways that the specific technology in use was
able to help them solve the problems given as well as many other problems we may
face. As well as be able to use a variety of appropriate digital tools to share ideas and
issues in the classroom.
2) An example. Describe on activity, lesson, or other example of your use of MIL in

your classroom. It could be as a specific exercise or as a mindset you try to reinforce
in the class. It could be discipline-specific or across subjects. This is to concretize
your vision and give your audience a take-away example.
I will teach my students a lesson in class on whatever material we may be learning at

that time. I will then break the lesson up into smaller portions that I will assign to each
student. After, each student receives their part of the lesson, they will all be required to
create a presentation using some piece of technology in order to teach me the lesson as
a whole. However, each student’s presentation must flow into the nest person’s idea.
The class must present it in a way that’ll make me understand as if I was a younger
student. They must create some type of class group chat using a variety of safe chat
room websites I will list in order to communicate the ideas, or share a google document
to draft an outline as a whole. As well as verifying online information being used so there
is no contradiction or conflict in the lesson.
3) Recommendations for parents. Describe how parents can help further MIL for their
children at home. What should they do/not do with their children to help them gain
MIL skills in their personal lives. This part should flow logically from the previous
section. This could be a paragraph, bulleted list, concept map, etc. You can also
add possible links to resources for parents.
-allow use of technology during homework (monitor the use of course, but allows
them to use these online resources so they can adjust)
-cross reference information they obtain from online sources with actual books.
Although they need to become more acquainted with the use of technology, it
shouldn’t cripple them. They should be comfortable with both.
-parents should become more acquainted with technology as well, sometimes people
disagree with things because they do not understand.
-teach them the safe uses of technology and warn them about things that aren’t so
safe. Don’t scare them, but just inform them on the good uses and bad uses.
An illustration for students. Using popular culture is a great way to make a message
clear with students. To illustrate your MIL statement for students, go to
www.memegenerator.net and create your own MIL meme that will invite students to
think critically about media and information (copy and paste it in this box).
When you post your statement on your portfolio, feel free to structure it in any way you’d
like.
Reflection questions
1. How does having access to MIL resources impact your intentions to teach MIL in
your future classroom?
Having MIL resources in my classroom enhances my teaching, because it is nothing but

another outlet for my students to be able to obtain more information in a better way.
2. Often, MIL is mistaken to be a set of skills exclusively related to technology. How
could you still work on MIL skills with your students in a classroom that doesn't have
technology or Internet access?
You could still inform them on the uses and benefits of it without having access to it or
take them to places like the library that doe.

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WEEK 10 MEDIA AND INFORMATION LITERACY-PART 2

Name: Nia Hall

Recommendations for writing an effective MIL statement

Your statement can address any or all of the following:

I see MIL being implemented in my classroom through a variety of types of technology,

2) An example. Describe on activity, lesson, or other example of your use of MIL in

I will teach my students a lesson in class on whatever material we may be learning at

Having MIL resources in my classroom enhances my teaching, because it is nothing but

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