Using Information
Effectively in Education (ISTC 201) (ISTC 202-Honors)
Tricia Ryan, Instructor
REFERENCE: Ponko, A
(2004) Education program to address shortage of teachers in MD.
Baltimore Sun Retreived March 9, 2004 from www.BaltimoreSun.com
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Responding to
Critical Questions
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Author
Who created this message? Written in response to
Cecil Community College by Amanda Ponko List the types of jobs of
people involved in the construction of the message. Faculty and staff
from CCC, Towson and Welmington
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Purpose
and Audience
Who is the intended audience for this message?
Teacher's coming out of high school, people who have families and want
to continue their education
What is the
purpose of this message (to inform, to persuade, to entertain, self
expression, to teach, to make money)? Indicate your choice in a
complete sentence and explain reasons for your choice. To inform
people about the new programs in Maryland and to persuade people to
become teachers. I think they are trying to persuade people to
become teachers because they are in need for teachers.
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Construction
How were image, language, and sound manipulated in
this message? Language used actual numbers of teachers
What techniques
are used to attract and hold attention? They tell you when
transferring the bad things about it as well as the good things about it
so very informative
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Form
What type of message is this? (Personal
narrative -express personal ideas; Informational-define,
inform, explain; Persuasive -makes a knowledgeable judgment and
supports argument with evidence). Describe. This message is
informational because it tells you exact numbers and also tells you
about transferring and the perks as well as the down side
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Interpretation
How does this message connect with your life
experience? It connects with an life experience of mine because I
actually went to a school were there weren't enough teachers. And
then when they started hiring teachers they just started hiring people
that were not qualified for the job. So it makes a difference
whether you have qualified teachers as oppose to just teachers.
How does this
message compare with other media messages you've received? Since
the message is new it is not going into great detail about the entire
article like some other messages that I have received.
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Representation
How are
stereotypes (or fixed ideas about things, people, or events) evident in
this message? That community college is becoming more equal to other
universities.
What point of
view is represented in this message? (Identify and trace the development
of an author’s argument, viewpoint, or perspective) The author
is positively portraying the information that she has received from CCC.
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Other
What has been left out of this message? The
success rate and the failure rate of people that have done this
program. It also doesn't tell you the cost of this program, it
tells the reader that its cheaper but how much cheaper. |
This learning activity was adapted from
the curriculum, Assignment: Media Literacy, a resource to build
critical-thinking and communication skills for life in a media and information
society, developed by Maryland State Department of Education and Discovery
Communications, Inc.
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