In the higher grades, however,
media literacy takes a different focus.
Not exact matches
They are facing a serious decline in finances (the economic displacement brought by changing
media) and their membership is
taking on the definite demographics of the specific sub-culture of older
literacy, ie.
Here are some steps educators, parents, community leaders, librarians, and others can
take to bring
media literacy to homes and schools.
It has
taken a particular level of blatancy to get the topic of critical thinking and information
literacy into mainstream
media.
Rebecca: I decided on
taking the course on Computer
Literacy: PBS Learning
Media and Webquests.
Gourley
took time to answer some questions from Education World about
media literacy.
Teachers and students are
taking in new
literacies; digital, political, information consumption,
media, economic and ecological.
Formerly at ETS, Bassett led the development of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards certificates for library
media and
literacy, co-developed the
Take One!
The first, «Understanding the Middle East through Inquiry, Simulation, and
Media Literacy» will
take place in room 2016 and run from 2:15 p.m. to 3:15 p.m..
Readers can also
take part in a
literacy initiative in which McDonald's and First Book Canada donate a book to a Canadian child in need for every «shelfie» — a photo of a bookshelf — uploaded to a social
media platform with the hashtag #OwnaBookGiveaBook.
Taking away access to highly qualified library
media specialists is not providing students with a well - rounded quality education, especially when our county has such a need in the area of
literacy.
You've
taken your first steps toward digital
literacy — a journey you'll share with other early childhood educators, teacher educators, professional development providers and trainers, administrators, curriculum coordinators, parents and
media developers who are scrambling to catch up and keep up in the digital age.