ReturnEffective Media Literacy: Building Your Own Literacy Toolkit
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Colorado Convention Center, Mile High Ballroom 2B
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Session description
Purpose & objective
This session addresses the crucial need for media literacy in education. Most educators agree that media literacy is needed, however a majority of educators do not feel qualified or equipped to teach it effectively in their classes. This session is designed to empower educators to not only understand the complexities of media literacy but also give them resources to teach it well in their content areas.
Participants will gain a comprehensive understanding of media literacy and its importance in the current digital age.
Participants will learn practical strategies, activities, and resources to teach media literacy.
Participants will be able discuss how to use these techniques effectively in their classrooms to enhance students' media literacy skills.
Success isn't just about knowing more, but being able to do more with what you know. The main goal for this session to be a success is that educators will walk out of the session with at least one lesson plan or activity that they will be able to do with their students the next day, if necessary.
Outline
Introduction (5 mins): Briefly explain the importance of media literacy in today's digital world. Introduce the presenters and the session's objectives.
Exploring Media Literacy (10 mins): Interactive discussion about what media literacy means, and why it's important.
Creating Your Toolkit (15 mins): Present possible tools and resources in the media literacy “toolkit". Explain how each tool can be used to develop media literacy skills.
Hands-on Activity (20 mins): Break participants into groups and give each group a scenario to apply the tools from the toolkit. This will involve analyzing a piece of media, discussing it, and presenting their findings.
Feedback and Discussion (5 mins): Groups share their findings. This is a chance to discuss different approaches and insights.
Wrap Up and Q&A (5 mins): Summarize the key takeaways from the session. Open the floor for any questions or comments.
Supporting research
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3048994
http://kappanonline.org/breakstone-need-new-approach-teaching-digital-literacy/
https://dmlhub.net/wp-content/uploads/files/teaching-in-the-CL-classroom.pdf
https://mediasmarts.ca/digital-media-literacy/general-information/digital-media-literacy-fundamentals/why-teach-digital-media-literacy
https://stacks.stanford.edu/file/druid:fv751yt5934/SHEG%20Evaluating%20Information%20Online.pdf
Session specifications
Citizen
- Establish a learning culture that promotes curiosity and critical examination of online resources and fosters digital literacy and media fluency.
- Design authentic learning activities that align with content area standards and use digital tools and resources to maximize active, deep learning.