The Center for Media Literacy (CML) is an educational organization that provides leadership, public education, professional development and educational resources nationally and internationally. Dedicated to promoting and supporting media literacy education as a framework for accessing, analyzing, evaluating, creating and participating with media content, CML works to help citizens, especially the young, develop critical thinking and media production skills needed to live fully in the 21st century media culture.
The RSA animate clip really gives food for thought. The divergent thinking aspect was interesting and most of what the presenter said made perfect sense. Not sure about the ADHD analysis but he made a good point.
A good practise would be to watch these speeches and comment on the techniques used, the effectiveness of the speech, the purpose, audience and context. Consider not just what the speaker says but importantly how and why they say it the way they do.
A great site that outlines the steps in creating a film trailer and some examples of tools/resources to use. For this task students create a film trailer from a book.