Every Monday AM, we have "Monday Morning Media" in my classroom.
This is a great way to engage students in Media Studies.
Monday Morning Media is built into our weekly routine...the students know what to expect and report they look forward to our media routine.
Before they enter on Monday AM, I go into Padlet settings and clear the PADLET wall...so they have a fresh wall to post on. I then project it on the SmartBoard so that everyone can watch the wall get populated in real-time!
When they enter class on Monday AM, they immediately pull out their iPads / Chromebooks and start to cruise the Internet for media to share on our PADLET wall.
I encourage students to choose something that interests THEM...and it's important to emphasize that in order to keep the learning enjoyable, students should not post any media that contains inappropriate or disturbing content (they last thing we need is to be "disturbed" on a Monday morning!).
When most students have made a post, I conduct a whole group "take up" so that we can highlight some of the media posted - often we media posts lead us on tangents of deeper learning (e.g., a student posted media on mid-wives which mentioned placentas....other students had questions which lead us on deeper learning about placentas which complimented our Health unit on body systems and our Science unit on cells!).
Monday Morning Media is always a very enlightening and productive learning time...a great way to ease into the week. Here's a screen shot of our most recent Padlet wall.
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