Renee Hobbs provides an introduction to digital and media literacy to educators in the Narragansett Public Schools

1. Digital &
Media Literacy:
An Introduction
Renee Hobbs
Harrington School of Communication and Media
University of Rhode Island
Narragansett Public Schools
March 14, 2014

2. www.harrington.uri.edu

3. http://mediaeducationlab.com

4. www.mediaeducationlab.com

6. PEER-TO-PEER FILE SHARING
Reflect on contemporary media and technology
Examine how literacy is changing
Identify key competencies of digital and media literacy
Learn about how others have integrated digital and media
literacy into the K-12 curriculum
Goals for Today’s Session

12. LOVE HATE
PRINT VISUAL SOUND DIGITAL
Educators’ attitudes about media, technology and popular
culture shape their work with learners

13. Protection

14. Empowerment

15. Digital & Media Literacy Embrace
Protection & Empowerment

16. Rhetoric
Visual Literacy
Information Literacy
Media Literacy
Computer Literacy
Critical Literacy
News Literacy
Digital Literacy
Digital Literacy in Historical Context

17. A Lifelong Process

18. A Lifelong Process

19. A Lifelong Process

20. Digital Literacy & Libraries:
Designing What’s Coming Next
Literacy is the sharing of meaning
through symbols

21. Children compare and contrast media in relation to
print and visual forms

22. Children create a public service announcement
about littering

23. Students create media to share what they’ve learned
about the use of primary sources in the research
process

24. www.studentreportinglabs.com

25. Students demonstrate an understanding of
literary devices using remix composition

27. TURKISH TV AMERICAN TV

28. ACCESS
ANALYZEE
CREATE ACT
REFLECT
ACCESS
expanding the concept of literacy

29. Digital Literacy Competencies
Access, Use and Share
 Keyboard and mouse skills
 Be familiar with hardware, storage and file
management practices
 Understand hyperlinking & digital space
 Gain competence with software applications
 Use social media, mobile, peripheral & cloud
computing tools
 Identify information needs
 Use effective search and find strategies
 Troubleshoot and problem-solve
 Learn how to learn
 Listening skills
 Reading comprehension

30. Digital & Media Literacy Competencies
Analyze & Evaluate
 Understand how symbols work: the
concept of representation
 Identify the author, genre, purpose and
point of view of a message
 Compare and contrast sources
 Evaluate credibility and quality
 Understand one’s own biases
and world view
 Recognize power relationships that shape
how information and ideas circulate in
culture
 Understand the economic context of
information and entertainment production
 Examine the political and social
ramifications of inequalities in information
flows

31. Digital Literacy Competencies
Create & Collaborate
 Recognize the need for communication and
self-expression
 Identify your own purpose, target
audience, medium & genre
 Brainstorm and generate ideas
 Compose creatively
 Play and interact
 Edit and revise
 Use appropriate distribution, promotion &
marketing channels
 Receive audience feedback
 Work collaboratively
 Comment, curate and remix

32. Digital Literacy Competencies
Reflect
 Understand how differences in values and
life experience shape people’s media use
and message interpretation
 Appreciate risks and potential harms of
digital media
 Apply ethical judgment and
social responsibility to
communication situations
 Understand how concepts of ‘private’ and
‘public’ are reshaped by digital media
 Appreciate and respect legal rights and
responsibilities (copyright, intellectual
freedom, etc)

33. Digital Literacy Competencies
Take Action
 Acknowledge the power of
communication to maintain the status
quo or change the world
 Participate in communities of shared
interest to advance an issue
 Be a change agent in the family &
workplace
 Participate in democratic self-
governance
 Speak up when you
encounter injustice
 Respect the law and work to change
unjust laws
 Use the power of communication and
information to make a difference in the
world

34. ACCESS
ANALYZEE
CREATE ACT
REFLECT
ACCESS
expanding the concept of literacy

35. What happens when educators integrate
digital and media literacy into the curriculum?

36. Concord, New Hampshire
Media & Communication
A Required Grade 11 English course
• 8 classic and contemporary works of
literature
• Films
• Newspapers
• Advertising
• Entertainment Television
• Popular Music
• Internet
Compared to control group, students
significantly increased reading
comprehension, writing and analysis skills

37. Increase learner engagement
and motivation
Inspire intellectual curiosity
Improve perspective-taking
and global understanding

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Increase in civic knowledge and
civic engagement
Confidence in self-expression

39. How do educators integrate digital and media
literacy into the curriculum?

40. #1
Find Good Partners

41. #2
Prioritize Goals

42. #3
Start Driving

43. #4
Measure Impact

44. #5
Tell Your Story

45. #6
Give it Time to Grow

46. PEER-TO-PEER FILE SHARING
Reflect on contemporary media and technology
Examine how literacy is changing
Identify key competencies of digital and media literacy
Learn about how others have integrated digital and media
literacy into the K-12 curriculum
Goals for Today’s Session

47. Summer Institute in Digital Literacy
July 13 – 18, 2014
Providence RI
www.mediaeducationlab.com

48. Renee Hobbs
Professor and Founding Director
Harrington School of Communication and Media
University of Rhode Island
Email: hobbs@uri.edu
Twitter: reneehobbs
Web: http://mediaeducationlab.com