Media Literacy

• Comprehensive education with a focus on media literacy

• Differentiated instruction and curriculum with the integration of 21st Century Skills

• Students will be provided with the knowledge, concepts and skills needed to become successful, self-motivated, lifelong learners

• Integration of media technology into an educational content to expand on literacy instruction

• Implementation of the NYS Next Generation Learning Standards leading to improved educational outcomes

• Emphasis on skills used to disseminate information in all forms of media

• Students will access, analyze, evaluate and communicate information in a variety of forms

• Students become responsible, productive contributing members of society who communicate through a powerful combination of works, images and sounds.

• Emphasis on creativity, higher order thinking skills, and experimental learning through media