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Amplify Youth Voice With Civic Media Projects

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Pennsylvania Convention Center, Terrace Ballroom Lobby, Table 27

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Dr. Aspen Mock
Educator
Forest Hills School District
@AB_Mock
Dr. Aspen Mock, KQED Media Literacy Innovator, teaches AP Literature & Composition 12, Honors Composition and Composition 9. Her degrees include: BA(s) English Literature & Theater, French minor, MA Teaching English, and Doctorate in Educational Leadership and Administration. She won The Henry Ford Innovative Teacher Award 2022. Her certifications include: PBS Media Literacy Educator, K-12 Principal Certificate, NatGeo Certified Educator, Nearpod Certified Educator, Adobe Creative Educator,Yoga Alliance RYT & RCYT and Newsela Certified Teacher/Trainer. She has written & staged plays for which she won the YWCA Tribute to Women Award in Arts & Letters and a House of Representatives Citation.
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Merek Chang
Teacher
William Workman High
@workman_chang
Merek Chang is a chemistry and engineering teacher who currently teaches at Workman High School in Industry, California. He received his B.S from UC Davis in Food Science and Technology and worked full time in the food industry prior to entering education. It is his desire to incorporate media literacy and technology in to his lesson plans whenever applicable and, if possible, through the lens of food.
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Angelica Valerio
STEM Education Program Manager
KQED
@avalerioKQED
Angel Valerio is KQED’s program manager for STEM education professional learning and a secondary science field supervisor for University of San Francisco’s teacher education program. She leads professional development workshops with the focus on incorporating media literacy in science instruction and is an instructor and course developer for KQED’s Media Academy for Educators. Angel has presented workshops on media production in science at the California STEAM Symposium, CSTA, CUE, ISTE and to various school districts in California. Previous to her current roles, Angel worked in South Los Angeles and East Oakland as a high school life science educator, teacher leader, and instructional coach.
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Rachel Roberson
Program manager, professional learning
KQED
@rr_roberson
Rachel Roberson, KQED Education’s senior program manager, supports educators to authentically integrate media literacy into their practice and help students to share their voice beyond the classroom. Rachel leads the develop of KQED’s youth media challenges and professional learning workshops, and serves as a course writer and instructor on KQED Teach. Rachel was a founding English teacher and assistant principal of KIPP Bayview Academy in San Francisco and has taught middle school English, ELD and social studies in Austin and internationally. Before becoming a teacher, she was a journalist in the Bay Area.

Session description

Empower students to share their civic voice. KQED’s youth media challenges help secondary students create media to tell their stories and engage in the democratic process. Learn how to inspire student voice in your classroom and leave with ideas, curriculum and publishing opportunities. Free from KQED/PBS.

Purpose & objective

With increasingly partisan discourse, book banning and close scrutiny of curricula across the nation, educators are struggling to find ways to support student voice, teach the fundamentals of democracy, and build civic participation. Civic media projects like KQED’s youth media challenges help students share their views and encounter multiple perspectives while also building traditional and media literacy skills. Students research, craft arguments or demonstrate learning, write scripts and create media designed to connect with their audience around their chosen topic. Student-created media on civic issues can start (or continue) classroom discussions, connect to service learning or civic action projects, or advocate for change at the school or community level.

This session is designed to inspire and empower educators to bring civic media projects to their classrooms and school sites in order to center student voice and promote civic discourse rather than division. Participants will hear from educators from diverse geographical regions who have successfully implemented civic media projects, including publishing student pieces online and using them as a jumping off point to advocate for change at the school and local level. Participants will leave with free, modifiable curriculum resources, ideas, student-created mentor texts, access to no-cost media creation tools, and connection to a community of civic-minded educators.

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Outline

In this poster session, participants will:
1) Learn from classroom educators and media literacy experts about the impact of civic media projects in secondary humanities and STEM classrooms to elevate student voice and build traditional and media literacy skills
2) Explore the free, modifiable resources from KQED/PBS that support civic media-making
3) View examples of student civic media projects from around the country, some of which were shared on KQED and other public media stations.

Participants will leave with:
1) Free, modifiable curriculum resources to support civic media projects in the classroom
2) Strategies and ideas for building media literacy and production skills around current issues
3) Access to no-cost media-making tools they can use in their classrooms during the 2023-24 school year

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Supporting research

Garcia, A. et al (2014) Teaching in the Connected Learning Classroom. Irvine, California: Digital Media and Learning Research Hub.

Ito M. et al (2019). Hanging Out, Messing Around, And Geeking Out, Tenth Anniversary edition: Kids Living and Learning with New Media. Cambridge, Massachusetts: The MIT Press.

Ito, M., et al. (2013). Connected Learning. Irvine, California: Digital Media and Learning Research Hub.

Jenkins, H., et al. (2009). Confronting the Challenges of Participatory Culture: Media Education for the 21st century. Cambridge, Massachusetts: The MIT Press.

Kahne, Joseph, et al (2022). “Do Politics in Our Democracy Prevent Schooling for Our Democracy: Civic Education in Highly Partisan Times.” Democracy & Education, vol. 29, No. 2, pp. 1-18

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Session specifications

Topic:
Student agency, choice and voice
Grade level:
6-12
Skill level:
Beginner
Audience:
Library media specialists, Teachers, Curriculum/district specialists
Attendee devices:
Devices useful
Attendee device specification:
Smartphone: Android, iOS, Windows
Laptop: Chromebook, Mac, PC
Tablet: Android, iOS, Windows
Subject area:
Language arts, Social studies
ISTE Standards:
For Educators:
Citizen
  • Create experiences for learners to make positive, socially responsible contributions and exhibit empathetic behavior online that build relationships and community.
For Students:
Global Collaborator
  • Students use digital tools to connect with learners from a variety of backgrounds and cultures, engaging with them in ways that broaden mutual understanding and learning.
  • Students explore local and global issues and use collaborative technologies to work with others to investigate solutions.

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