Thoughtful+Media

= Thoughtful ﻿Media  =

Danuta Woloszynowicz
Did you know that the MOE has recently licensed the following online resources for classroom use?



When viewing documentaries, students need to think critically about them the same way they challenge a printed text. They need to be encouraged to wonder and ask the following questions: - Who produced this clip and why? - Whose viewpoint is the filmmaker representing and what techniques has he/she used to deliver the message? How do these techniques affect meaning? - Whose viewpoint is missing? - Is the "story" told from a first person's perspective or is there a narrator? How effective is that particular approach? - Is it bias free? How do you know? - How current is this clip and how do I determine it? - If the clip has a soundtrack, how effective is it in creating a mood?