powerful voices for kids: digital and media literacy in k-2
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This workshop zeroes in on best practices in using digital and media literacy concepts of access, analysis, composition, reflection, and taking action through digital citizenship within the K-2 arena. Learn how to help students as young as 5 and as old as 9 develop critical thinking capabilities, writing and fluency, and media composition skills and understanding through fun activities accessible to *all* teachers, no matter how technology savvy or their technology resources.TRANSCRIPT
Renee Hobbs
Professor and Founding Director Harrington School of Communication University of Rhode Island
David Cooper Moore
DirectorPowerful Voices for Kids
Powerful Voices for Kids is a comprehensive curriculum and professional development program for K-6 digital and media literacy education.
www.powerfulvoicesforkids.com
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Summer Program for Students
Professional Development for Educators
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In-School Mentorship
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Research on Children’s Media Useand Media Literacy Skills
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Building a Learning Community
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Teachers’ attitudes about media, technology and popular culture shape their work with children and youth
Exploring Teacher Motivations for Using Media & Technology
Understanding teacher motivations can help educational technology professionals better collaborate with teachers to support student learning
Exploring Message Purpose
To inform
To entertain
To persuade
When children activate inferential thinking about message purpose, they build skills that support reading comprehension
Exploring Constructedeness
When children examine how media messages are constructed, they become better at constructing their own messages
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Exploring Authors & Audiences
Literacy is a relational process: sharing meaning through symbols
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Grafe, S., Hobbs, R., Boos, M., Bergey, B. (2012). Teachers´ motivations for media education in Germany and in the United States. Paper presentation at Digital Media and Learning (DML) Conference, Los Angeles.
Hobbs, R. & Moore, D. (2013). Discovering media literacy: Teaching digital media and popular culture in elementary school. Thousand Oaks: Corwin/Sage.
Hobbs, R. (2013). Improvization and strategic risk taking in informal learning with digital media literacy. Learning, Media and Technology, 38(2), 1 – 28.
Hobbs, R., Yoon, J., Al-Humaidan, R., Ebrahimi, A. & Cabral, N. (2011). Online digital media in elementary school. Journal of Middle East Media 7(1), 1 – 23.
Hobbs, R. & Moore, D.C. “Messy Engagement and Strategic Risk Taking as an Instructional Strategy in Informal Learning,” Paper presentation, International Communication Association (ICA), Phoenix, AZ. May 28, 2012.
Hobbs, R. , Cohn-Geltner, H. & Landis, J. (2011). Views on the news: Media literacy empowerment competencies in the elementary grades. In C. Von Feilitzen, U. Carlsson & C. Bucht (Eds.). New questions, new insights, new approaches. The International Clearinghouse on Children, Youth and Media. NORDICOM. University of Gothenburg, Sweden (pp. 43 – 56).
Moore, D.C. (2013). Bringing the world to school: Integrating news and media literacy in elementary classrooms. Journal of Media Literacy Education 5(1), 326-336.
Moore, D.C. (2011). Asking questions first: Navigating transgression and popular culture in an inquiry-based media literacy classroom. Action in Teacher Education 33(2), 219-230.
Powerful Voices for Kids is a comprehensive curriculum and professional development program for K-6 digital and media literacy education.
CONTACT:
David Cooper Moore
Email: [email protected]
Summer Institute in Digital Literacy
July 14 – 19, 2013Providence RI
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