1. Transforming Education through Digital & Media Literacy:
Focus on Young Learners Renee HobbsHarrington School of
Communication and Media University of Rhode Island
2. http://slideshare.net/reneehobbs
3. Parents and teachers help students develop the knowledge and
competencies they need to thrive in the 21st century
4. PEER-TO-PEER FILE SHARING Goals for Todays SessionWhy
parents and educators must both protect and empowerchildren in
using and responding to mass media, popularculture and digital
mediaWhy the shift from passive viewing to active analysis ofmedia
texts supports literacy developmentHow student engagement with mass
media andpopular culture stimulates intellectual curiosity
5. www.mediaeducationlab.com
6. A university-school partnership program designed to
strengthenchildrens ability to think for themselves, communicate
effectively,and use their powerful voices to contribute to the
quality of life intheir families, their schools, their communities,
and the world.
7. LAUNCHES at the International Reading Association in
2013
8. The Learning Process of Digital & Media Literacy ACCESS
REFLECT REFLECT ACCESS ACT ANALYZE ANALYZE CREATE CREATE
9. Learning Process Read, Comprehend and Make Sense of All
Sorts of Texts ACCESS Use Technology Tools WellACCESS Gather
Information Independently
10. ACCESSLINKFind, comprehend and gather information
aboutwhats in the food we eat
11. Learning Process Ask Good Questions Evaluate the Quality
& Value of Messages ANALYZEANALYZE Explore Context in
Meaningful Ways
12. ANALYZE ANALYZELINK LinkAsk questions to an author
13. ANALYZE ANALYZELINKRead and analyze a magazine ad
14. Learning Process Use Multiple Modes of Expression Reach
Authentic Audiences COMPOSE Manipulate Content and Form inCREATE
Relation to Purpose and Audience
15. COMPOSE CREATE LINKCompose a comic about homelessness
16. Empowerment and Protection are Embedded In Digital and
Media Literacy EMPOWERMENT PROTECTIONChildren learned that
homelessness Children did not use the Internetoccurs when people
lack jobs, to gather informationhousing, and health care, when they
independently. Instead, theare victims of domestic violence, or
instructor selected child-have problems with alcoholism,
appropriate content aboutsubstance abuse, or mental illness.
homelessness for children to read, view and discuss.
17. Learning Process Activate Multiperspectival Thinking
Predict Consequences and Use Hypothetical Reasoning REFLECTREFLECT
Examine Issues of Power and Responsibility
18. REFLECT REFLECTLINKExplore how stereotypes shape our
interpretation of messages
19. Learning Process Connect the Classroom to the World
Strengthen Leadership and Collaboration ACT Develop Integrity and
AccountabilityACT
20. Learning Process ACT ACTLINKCreate a public service
announcement about littering
21. ACCESSLINKCreate a public service announcement
22. Transforming Education Through Digital & Media
LiteracyACCESS REFLECT REFLECT ACCESS ACT ANALYZEANALYZE CREATE
CREATE
23. Why dont more elementary educators use digitaland media
literacy pedagogy?
24. Requires a well-structured activity with a clear audience
and purpose Requires some creative & independent thinking from
learners Requires careful monitoring of small groups Requires the
use of media & technology
25. Both teachers and school leaders have concerns about
mayhemand loss of control that may interfere with digital media
projects Not clearly linked to standards Not easy to assess student
learning outcomes Not text-based Children are not sitting down at
desks upredictable and exhausting
26. So why do it?A pedagogy of listening activates thesearch
for meaning andunderstanding in the various socialand physical
environments ofeveryday life.Listening to children enableseducators
to discover how childrenthink, how they develop arelationship with
reality, and howthey begin to question it.--Carla Rinaldi, Reggio
Emilia earlychildhood education expert
27. Reading and Research
28. Reading and Research Composition
29. Reading and Research CompositionFeedback &
Revision
30. Reading and Research CompositionFeedback & Revision
Distribution
31. We Learn to be Passive & Active Readers
32. CONTACT:Renee HobbsProfessor and Founding
DirectorHarrington School of Communication and MediaUniversity of
Rhode IslandTwitter: reneehobbsEmail: [email protected]
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