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This document summarizes a Twitter discussion around the skills offered by media education and how to change perceptions of the subject. Participants discussed analytical, technical, and collaboration skills gained through media education. They also debated how to showcase students' skills to change views of governments, parents and the public by emphasizing critical thinking, world understanding and career opportunities in media fields.
Skills what-skills
- 1. #mediaedchat Skills? What skills? Trending Words Skills? What skills? media, skills, @andywallis, rt, @andywallis:, students, @thecuriousgeek, change, topic, tomorrow's, announced!, Event Participants
- 2. Ugh missed #mediaedchat 04-Dec-12 21:27 | GoGo_GadgetGirl RT @andywallis: Join the fight to save creative subjects in schools! http://t.co/CwTIsCUm #baccforthefuture #mediaedchat 04-Dec-12 21:21 | TallisVMA RT @andywallis: Join the fight to save creative subjects in schools! http://t.co/CwTIsCUm #baccforthefuture #mediaedchat 04-Dec-12 21:20 | islayian Join the fight to save creative subjects in schools! http://t.co/CwTIsCUm #baccforthefuture #mediaedchat 04-Dec-12 21:19 | andywallis #mediaedchat skills, approaches as learning tools, staff expertise = yes, but gov pressure+new SLT making it harder 04-Dec-12 21:03 | TallisVMA Really nice talking Media folk. @mr_m_ellis thanks for the reminder, see you tomorrow, back to some personal statements now #mediaedchat 04-Dec-12 20:56 | thecuriousgeek @TallisVMA I have looked at your school before. It looks to me like Media has a good profile and is valued. Or am I wrong #mediaedchat 04-Dec-12 20:54 | thecuriousgeek @TallisVMA great idea. How about Media based projects involving collaboration of departments #mediaedchat 04-Dec-12 20:52 | thecuriousgeek #mediaedchat @thecuriousgeek It's that impact our head is looking for. Not always sure subject is valued 04-Dec-12 20:52 | TallisVMA @mr_m_ellis I thought I might get a reply from you #mediaedchat 04-Dec-12 20:50 | thecuriousgeek @smanfarr Agree. Seen 2 teachers do the same English lesson. 1 used Media the other didn't. Guess which 1 was unsatisfactory #mediaedchat 04-Dec-12 20:48 | thecuriousgeek @thecuriousgeek As you know, I do. The combining of Media as a subject and Media as the use of Technology very important #mediaedchat 04-Dec-12 20:48 | mr_m_ellis #mediaedchat Analytical skills, technical skill, social skills, literacy, world understanding, critical thinking. So important in all areas. 04-Dec-12 20:45 | KTSMedia1 Alas I have to dash, but everything will get recorded and blogged #mediaedchat. please continue discussing and thank you all :) 04-Dec-12 20:45 | andywallis @thecuriousgeek very few I would suspect #mediaedchat 04-Dec-12 20:43 | andywallis
- 3. #mediaedchat a whole school CPD obligation, tech support staff/teachers go out 'on loan' for projects, do informal skills swaps too 04-Dec-12 20:39 | TallisVMA @thecuriousgeek but I agree about changing student perception #mediaedchat 04-Dec-12 20:38 | andywallis RT @thecuriousgeek @andywallis Why fight to change government perception? I am more interested in student perception. AGREE #mediaedchat 04-Dec-12 20:38 | mister_seal @thecuriousgeek because the government is making many attempts to sideline it imo #mediaedchat 04-Dec-12 20:38 | andywallis RT @thecuriousgeek: @andywallis Why fight to change government perception? I am more interested in student perception. #mediaedchat 04-Dec-12 20:37 | mister_seal @andywallis Why fight to change government perception? I am more interested in student perception. #mediaedchat 04-Dec-12 20:36 | thecuriousgeek @andywallis The fastest growing degree courses are media the degrees with the highest % straight into jobs are media. #mediaedchat 04-Dec-12 20:36 | thecuriousgeek @mister_seal #mediaedchat am ex head of media with 2 ex chief examiners so it's embedded in our sow. Taking it cross curric is vital #plcs 04-Dec-12 20:35 | smanfarr Get together with your head and go see Alan November @globallearner http://t.co/kbsWgeJ2 This WILL win your head over #mediaedchat 04-Dec-12 20:33 | thecuriousgeek @smanfarr good way to share practice and promote understanding #mediaedchat 04-Dec-12 20:32 | MrsBirks @smanfarr #mediaedchat great idea.need this for English teachers too.and RE/ philosophy. Media across the curriculum! 04-Dec-12 20:31 | mister_seal @thecuriousgeek agree. But will it not still be ridiculed by the press/government? How can we change that? #mediaedchat 04-Dec-12 20:31 | andywallis #mediaedchat most parents are very surprised at the skills it provides, but often only realise that during/after, not before enrolment! 04-Dec-12 20:30 | andywallis Every dept should be using media. Why not use PD days to showcase Media T&L strategies and Media Tools at whole school level #mediaedchat 04-Dec-12 20:29 | thecuriousgeek #mediaedchat @andywallis critical analytical skills def need promoting to students pre enrol and parents and wider community 04-Dec-12 20:28 | MrsBirks
- 4. Our students should leave us able to explain what media has give them - his would help get good message out #mediaedchat 04-Dec-12 20:25 | mr_m_ellis @andywallis #mediaedchat as it should be. Multi modality is at the heart of diverse T&L strategies I think. #justmyopinion 04-Dec-12 20:25 | smanfarr @andywallis #mediaedchat flaunt kids' skills at every opportunity to anyone who'll listen! 04-Dec-12 20:25 | mister_seal @andywallis #mediaedchat flaunt kids' skills at every opportunity to anyone who'll listen! 04-Dec-12 20:25 | gramscini #mediaedchat sorry late to the party! Don't think we should underestimate technology/practical skills eg Buckingham's points at mea conf 04-Dec-12 20:24 | MrsBirks @smanfarr ability to read different texts: something that Scotland has embedded in their new curriculum for all stages #mediaedchat 04-Dec-12 20:23 | andywallis @steviedm #mediaedchat colleagues/ parents always surprised by range and sophistication of skills Media students demonstrate 04-Dec-12 20:22 | mister_seal #mediaedchat skills of visual literacy and the ability to read different types of texts. Underpinned by a theoretical concepts. 04-Dec-12 20:22 | smanfarr @mister_seal "daunting difficulty" - yes! But Gove & some of the public don't understand that. How can we change that? #mediaedchat 04-Dec-12 20:21 | andywallis #mediaedchat Yes. Eg A2 film exam is a challenge - good essay writing skills and high level analytical thinking needed. Gove should love it! 04-Dec-12 20:20 | steviedm we focus our recruitment on skills (range, depth, contemporary-ness, and daunting difficulty!) #mediaedchat 04-Dec-12 20:18 | mister_seal @mr_m_ellis very pertinent point... does Media need to be rebranded? #mediaedchat 04-Dec-12 20:18 | andywallis @steviedm so therefore do the critical analytical skills need to be promoted? #mediaedchat 04-Dec-12 20:16 | andywallis @mr_m_ellis in that it's not just watching film and TV?! #mediaedchat 04-Dec-12 20:14 | andywallis RT @andrewwarnerkms: @andywallis #mediaedchat we live in a media-driven society so media savvy students can negotiate their way around it more intelligently 04-Dec-12 20:14 | mr_m_ellis
- 5. @andywallis #mediaedchat we live in a media-driven society so media savvy students can negotiate their way around it more intelligently 04-Dec-12 20:10 | andrewwarnerkms @mr_m_ellis regarding the industry. Is that 1 of our main 'battles'? Convincing the media that it's worth being educated about? #mediaedchat 04-Dec-12 20:09 | andywallis @andrewwarnerkms good point, how does it do that? #mediaedchat 04-Dec-12 20:07 | andywallis We must be cautious over skills such as team-work, organisation etc. Laudable skills but seen as ‘soft’ by Gove & co. #mediaedchat 04-Dec-12 20:07 | steviedm @mister_seal @rbtmcm I think yu're absolutely right about project/people management #mediaedchat have seen so many students develop 04-Dec-12 20:07 | andywallis @andywallis project management. Sets us apart from so many other subjects and courses #mediaedchat 04-Dec-12 20:06 | mister_seal @andywallis Project and people management #mediaedchat (forgot hashtag) 04-Dec-12 20:06 | rbtmcm RT @rbtmcm Project and people management. #mediaedchat 04-Dec-12 20:05 | andywallis #mediaedchat enhances the social capital (and therefore lifechances) that students have 04-Dec-12 20:05 | andrewwarnerkms #mediaedchat I think the focus on in depth building of analytical skills is often the most under recognised by non-subject specialists. 04-Dec-12 20:04 | steviedm #mediaedchat Media Education offers understanding of how the media industry functions - invaluable when lives are lived through media 04-Dec-12 20:04 | mr_m_ellis So apart from analytical and practical skills, what does media education offer? #mediaedchat 04-Dec-12 20:01 | andywallis RT @andywallis: #mediaedchat starting in 5 minutes... “what skills does Media Education offer and how can we celebrate these skills to change perception?“ 04-Dec-12 19:56 | TallisVMA #mediaedchat starting in 5 minutes... “what skills does Media Education offer and how can we celebrate these skills to change perception?“ 04-Dec-12 19:55 | andywallis RT @nizlamb: Tonight's #mediaedchat tonight 8-9pm http://t.co/fvwEnt8l 04-Dec-12 19:18 | andywallis
- 6. RT @andywallis: Topic for tomorrow's #mediaedchat announced! http://t.co/o5YZMVhf Any RTs much appreciated 03-Dec-12 19:07 | hgaldinoshea RT @andywallis: Topic for tomorrow's #mediaedchat announced! http://t.co/o5YZMVhf Any RTs much appreciated 03-Dec-12 18:50 | rbtmcm RT @andywallis: Topic for tomorrow's #mediaedchat announced! http://t.co/o5YZMVhf Any RTs much appreciated 03-Dec-12 18:14 | tombarrance Topic for tomorrow's #mediaedchat announced! http://t.co/o5YZMVhf Any RTs much appreciated 03-Dec-12 18:04 | andywallis