Workshop: Media Literacy Instructional Practices for Every Teacher

How can media literacy education help address important community needs? Review 16 media literacy instructional practices that are foundational to students in primary and secondary education and learn about research on the specific characteristics of quality MIL education. Then work in a small group under deadline pressure to plan how you could implement one or more instructional practices to address a timely and relevant community issue, using a creative design process to imagine educational futures.

1. Media Literacy Instructional Practices for Every Teacher A WORKSHOP Renee Hobbs University of Rhode Island USA Media Education Lab Email: [email protected] Twitter: @ reneehobbs

2. WORKSHOP OUTLINE 1. Reflect on your media literacy motivations and the motivations of your colleagues and peers 2. L earn about research on what constitutes quality MIL education. 3. Review some ML instructional practices that may be relevant to your practice HOMEWORK. Plan how you could implement one or more instructional practices to address a timely and relevant community issue, using a creative design process to imagine educational futures. 

3. expanding the concept of literacy open access multitasking creativity identity curation play data ownership representation surveillance addiction disinformation propaganda EMPOWERMENT PROTECTION

4. There is an Art to Creating a Media Literacy Learning Environment

5. Hobbs, R. (2013). Improvization and strategic risk taking in informal learning with digital media literacy. Learning, Media and Technology, 38 (2), 182-197.

6. Teachers Have Different Motivations for Using Media & Technology in Education 12 Hobbs, R., & Tuzel , S. (2017). Teacher motivations for digital and media literacy: An examination of Turkish educators.  British Journal of Educational Technology ,  48 (1), 7-22.

7. What’s Your Motivation? https:// setyourmotivation.com

8. TASTEMAKER You want to broaden your students’ horizons. You want them to have exposure to the kinds of media experiences that put them in touch with historical, aesthetic, and critical appreciation. You know that a key component of students’ future interactions will require them to draw from a variety of cultural sources both classical and popular. PROFESSOR You balance your interest in media and technology with a clear connection to academic standards. You want to be sure that media and technology are not used in the classroom for their own sake, but to gain content knowledge. Multimedia presentations, engaging websites, and educational technology serve the purpose of helping you deliver the core content and skills students need to master. Focus on Media Content and Quality

9. ACTIVIST As an educator, you want to make society more just and equitable by promoting democratic participation . You use media in the classroom as a catalyst for students to understand how they might have a voice in improving the quality of life in their communities and in the world. TEACHER 2.0 You understand that participation in digital media and learning cultures requires flexibility to new formats, modes of expression, and participation in and out of school. You use online or interactive versions of classic literature to explore meaning behind texts. Teacher 2.0 teachers always trying new things in the classroom and finding new ways to connect learning to children’s culture. Focus on Community Connections

10. DEMYSTIFIER As a teacher, you “pull back the curtain” to help students see how various forms of information and knowledge are constructed. You emphasize the practice of critical thinking, helping students ask good “how” and “why” questions. WATCHDOG You are a natural critical thinker, aware of how economic systems and institutions influence our everyday lives, particularly through the media we use. You want your students and your peers to be more mindful of the ways that things are bought and sold . Who owns and controls the media content that we see, hear, read, and play with? You feel responsible for giving your students a “wake-up call” about the economic and institutional inner-workings of the technology and the world that surrounds them. Focus on Understanding Media Systems

11. MOTIVATOR You are an inspiration, a catalyst for your students’ creative energy. Students who have never felt comfortable speaking up in class, participating in activities, or contributing to class dialogue find it easier to speak their mind when you’re leading the classroom. You see your role as helping students be the best they can be. SPIRIT GUIDE You are a listener. You have a dedication to the social and emotional well-being of your students, and want to make sure that everything you do in the classroom connects to their immediate needs to understand themselves and their lives. Students likely find you trustworthy, and may even confide in you in ways that they do not for other teachers. You know media is just one facet of student life, and you want to engage with it to help them through the highs and lows of life in all of its challenges and opportunities. Learner Centered Focus

12. TECHIE You’re the educator who loves tablets, apps, programs, plug-ins, widgets, websites, and other types of educational technology because you have a passionate curiosity about new tools. You see much potential to engage students with the technology tools they love and use in their everyday lives. PROFESSIONAL You have high standards for your students’ work, and you may be seen as the go-to media professional in your school. You know how to push your students to understand and emulate the professional conventions that is important to being taken seriously in the world of media creation. To help students enter the real world of media creation, you bring other authors, professionals, and media-makers into your classroom to enrich the learning experience. Focus on Tool, Genre or Format

13. TRENDSETTER You’re tuned into pop culture and curious about kid culture. Maybe your own most-loved popular culture isn’t too far removed from that of your students. You are inquisitive about the trends and hot topics that make up a crucial component of the fabric of your students’ everyday lives. You want school culture to meet kids where they live with the popular culture they know and love. ALT You are an inventive, perhaps “DIY,” teacher. You’re always ready to challenge students with alternative ways of finding, using, thinking about, and making media in the classroom. Whether you use open source programs on school computers, encourage students to start alternative clubs or magazines, or introduce students to media that’s “off the beaten path” of mainstream and mass media, you are likely a key proponent of broadening students’ understanding of the many different ways that people can communicate in the world. Focus on Texts and Audiences

14. The Art of Reflection: What’s Your Motivation?

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18. CONSIDER THE MOTIVES OF OTHER EDUCATORS Can you guess a teacher’s motivation through the examination of a visual artifact?

19. Elementary students create a public service announcement encouraging people to stop littering

20. High school students analyze disinformation about the Israel-Hamas war

21. Teacher creates a video to motivate student interest in learning about the French Revolution

22. Middle school students collaborate on a video about cyberbullying

23. Elementary students compare and contrast film and poetry

24. High school students create an in-school news show

25. Reflection increases personal passion and cultivates shared community values

26. Respect for diverse teacher motivations may expand the diversity and range of instructional practices

27. What is Quality Media Literacy Education? https:// digitalcommons.uri.edu / jmle /

28. What is Quality Media Literacy Education? https:// digitalcommons.uri.edu / jmle / ACTIVITY: Work with a partner to identify your top priorities from the chart provided What are the most important factors for considering quality media literacy education in Romania?

29. How often do students in elementary or secondary schools encounter media literacy through its core instructional practices?  We identified 16 basic activities that are commonly used in elementary and secondary schools in subject areas including English language arts/literacy, social studies, the sciences, visual arts & design and the performing arts, mathematics, engineering and technology, comprehensive health, and world languages. While each of these instructional practices can be implemented using digital technologies, they do not require it. Hobbs, R. Moen, M., Tang, R. & Steager , P. (2022)  Measuring the implementation of media literacy statewide: a validation study.   Educational Media International,  59:3, 189-208, DOI: 10.1080/09523987.2022.2136083 Hobbs, R., Moen, M., Tang, R. & Steager , S. (2022):  Measuring the implementation of media literacy instructional practices in schools: Community stakeholder perspectives.  Learning, Media and Technology , DOI: 10.1080/17439884.2022.2151621 

30. Compare and Contrast How Media Messages Influence Stereotypes Examine the News Images and Advertising Music and Cultural Values Access, Analyze & Evaluate

31. Tell a Story Team-Based Production Research Project Present a Strong Point of View Create a Public Service Announcement Create & Collaborate

32. Balancing Online & Offline Life Reflect on Your Interpretations Social Responsibilities of Consumers and Creators Apply Media Law and Policy Role Play the Business of Media Reflect, Understand & Apply

33. WORKSHOP OUTLINE Reflect on your media literacy motivations and the motivations of your colleagues and peers 2. L earn about research on what constitutes quality MIL education. 3. Review some ML instructional practices that may be relevant to your practice 1. HOMEWORK. Plan how you could implement one or more instructional practices to address a timely and relevant community issue, using a creative design process to imagine educational futures. 

34. PITCH YOUR PLAN 1. What is the name of your lesson/activity? 2. Who are your learners and what is the learning context? 3. Which instructional practice will students experience? 4. What materials and media artifacts will you need to find, create, or use? 5. How will you assess student learning?  EMAIL: [email protected]

35. Media Literacy Instructional Practices for Every Teacher A WORKSHOP Renee Hobbs University of Rhode Island USA Media Education Lab Email: [email protected] Twitter: @ reneehobbs