Create, Communicate, CollaborateThe Media Arts classes at FMS meet on "B" days. There are two 8th grade classes, one 7th grade class and two 6th grade classes.
These classes change at the semester so students will get a total of 45 days of Media Art per year if enrolled in one of these classes. We meet every other day.
The FMS Media Arts class focuses on Media Literacy
The definition most often cited in the US is a succinct sentence hammered out by participants at the 1992 Aspen Media Literacy Leadership Institute:
Media Literacy is the ability to access, analyze, evaluate and create media in a variety of forms.
Definitions, however, evolve over time and a more robust definition is now needed to situate media literacy in the context of its importance for the education of students in a 21st century media culture. CML now uses this expanded definition:
Media Literacy is a 21st century approach to education. It provides a framework to access, analyze, evaluate and create messages in a variety of forms — from print to video to the Internet. Media literacy builds an understanding of the role of media in society as well as essential skills of inquiry and self-expression necessary for citizens of a democracy.
Center for Media Literacy
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