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Media Literacy 71 words

The word list captures essential words in "Media Literacy" from Curriculum 21. As you watch these videos, think in terms of the use of images, music, spoken word and the author's decisions in crafting these texts. Who is the intended audience? How do the choices made by the writer/author impact the intended audiences?

Amazing is Unity

Science and music

Our place in the cosmos

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  1. subject area
    a branch of knowledge
  2. literacy
    the ability to read and write
  3. interdisciplinary
    drawing from or characterized by participation of two or more fields of study
  4. experiential
    relating to or resulting from experience
  5. medium
    the surrounding environment
  6. digital camera
    a camera that encodes an image digitally and store it for later reproduction
  7. hands-on
    involving active participation
  8. blog
    a shared on-line journal where people can post diary entries about their personal experiences and hobbies
  9. curriculum
    an integrated course of academic studies
  10. iPod
    (trademark) a pocket-sized device used to play music files
  11. evaluate
    evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of
  12. literate
    able to read and write
  13. digital
    relating to or performed with the fingers
  14. assimilate
    make similar
  15. proficient
    having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude
  16. ethical
    conforming to accepted standards of social or professional behavior
  17. emerging
    coming into existence
  18. retention
    the act of retaining something
  19. 21st
    coming next after the twentieth in position
  20. embed
    fix or set securely or deeply
  21. reflective
    capable of physically reflecting light or sound
  22. manipulation
    exerting shrewd or devious influence especially for one's own advantage
  23. teaching
    the activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill
  24. cooperative
    involving the joint activity of two or more
  25. learning
    the cognitive process of acquiring skill or knowledge
  26. math
    a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement
  27. foster
    providing or receiving nurture or parental care though not related by blood or legal ties
  28. Education
    the United States federal department that administers all federal programs dealing with education (including federal aid to educational institutions and students); created 1979
  29. values
    beliefs of a person or social group in which they have an emotional investment (either for or against something)
  30. classroom
    a room in a school where lessons take place
  31. component
    an artifact that is one of the individual parts of which a composite entity is made up; especially a part that can be separated from or attached to a system
  32. creation
    the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new
  33. partnership
    a cooperative relationship between people or groups who agree to share responsibility for achieving some specific goal
  34. professional
    of or relating to or suitable as a profession
  35. propaganda
    information that is spread for the purpose of promoting some cause
  36. skill
    an ability that has been acquired by training
  37. photo
    a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide; recorded by a camera on light-sensitive material
  38. online
    connected to a computer network or accessible by computer
  39. engage
    consume all of one's attention or time
  40. interpret
    make sense of; assign a meaning to
  41. technology
    the practical application of science to commerce or industry
  42. access
    the right to enter
  43. embrace
    squeeze (someone) tightly in your arms, usually with fondness
  44. point of view
    a mental position from which things are viewed
  45. arts
    studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills)
  46. elements
    violent or severe weather (viewed as caused by the action of the four elements)
  47. inquiry
    an instance of questioning
  48. text
    the words of something written
  49. characteristic
    typical or distinctive
  50. image
    a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface
  51. risk
    a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune
  52. production
    the act or process of producing something
  53. development
    a process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage (especially a more advanced or mature stage)
  54. teacher
    a person whose occupation is teaching
  55. area
    the extent of a 2-dimensional surface enclosed within a boundary
  56. reading
    written material intended to be read
  57. style
    how something is done or how it happens
  58. science
    ability to produce solutions in some problem domain
  59. health
    the general condition of body and mind
  60. individual
    being or characteristic of a single thing or person
  61. writing
    letters or symbols that are written or imprinted on a surface to represent the sounds or words of a language
  62. youth
    a young person (especially a young man or boy)
  63. thinking
    endowed with the capacity to reason
  64. living
    pertaining to living persons
  65. art
    the creation of beautiful or significant things
  66. English
    of or relating to or characteristic of England or its culture or people
  67. subject
    some situation or event that is thought about
  68. school
    an educational institution
  69. read
    look at, interpret, and say out loud something that is written or printed
  70. hands
    (with `in') guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
  71. why
    the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase `the whys and wherefores'