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Improvization And Strategic Risk Taking In Informal Learning With Digital Media Literacy, Renee Hobbs
Improvization And Strategic Risk Taking In Informal Learning With Digital Media Literacy, Renee Hobbs
Renee Hobbs
The city provides a rich array of learning opportunities for young children. However, in many urban schools, often it can be logistically difficult to get young children out of the building. But when elementary children are encouraged to view the city as a classroom and use digital media to explore and represent their neighborhoods, they can be inspired by the unpredictable events of daily life to ask naive, critical and sometimes troubling questions. This paper presents a case study of a teacher in an informal media literacy learning environment who worked with a group of 9-year-olds in Philadelphia. It documents …
The State Of Media Literacy: A Rejoinder, Renee Hobbs
The State Of Media Literacy: A Rejoinder, Renee Hobbs
Renee Hobbs
No abstract provided.
Digital And Media Literacy: The Pleasures And Perils Of Online Pranking, Renee Hobbs
Digital And Media Literacy: The Pleasures And Perils Of Online Pranking, Renee Hobbs
Renee Hobbs
Developing critical thinking and communication skills are vital for21st-century students. Discover how focusing on online pranks with your students can lead to media literacy and ethical responsibility.
Digital And Media Literacy: Tapping Into Popular Culture, Renee Hobbs
Digital And Media Literacy: Tapping Into Popular Culture, Renee Hobbs
Renee Hobbs
It’s something every principal understands: when teachers have low expectations of their students, they may rely on lecturing, explanation and recitation, over-controlling classroom interaction, and summarizing texts on behalf of students. But when teachers develop and implement curriculum ideas that are predicated on students as active, engaged, and independent learners, great things can happen in the classroom. Teachers who are already using news media, popular culture, and digital media to support academic achievement in language arts, science, history, and the arts are discovering the power of connecting students’ digital learning skills to fundamental practices in analysis, evaluation, composition, reflection, and …
Connecting Kids With News In Their Community, Renee Hobbs
Connecting Kids With News In Their Community, Renee Hobbs
Renee Hobbs
Youngsters made video games, and educators found that ‘hands-on activity helped kids to process news reporting. It also gave them ways to tell this story by integrating their perspectives as they aimed it at fresh audiences.’
Digital And Media Literacy: A Plan Of Action, Renee Hobbs
Digital And Media Literacy: A Plan Of Action, Renee Hobbs
Renee Hobbs
No abstract provided.
Empowerment And Protection: Complementary Strategies For Digital And Media Literacy In The United States, Renee Hobbs
Empowerment And Protection: Complementary Strategies For Digital And Media Literacy In The United States, Renee Hobbs
Renee Hobbs
Billions of dollars are being spent in the United States to make sure that children and young people have computers, data projectors and access to the Internet in elementary and secondary schools. There is robust experimentation now ongoing as teachers explore how to use technology primarily as a means to accomplish traditional content learning outcomes. Digital and media literacy education offers an alternative model that emphasizes a set of practical competencies or life skills that are necessary for full participation in a highly-mediated society. Digital and media literacy competencies are not only needed to strengthen people’s capacity to use information …
The Power Of Fair Use For Media Literacy Education, Renee Hobbs
The Power Of Fair Use For Media Literacy Education, Renee Hobbs
Renee Hobbs
No abstract provided.