Goal A media literacy program must teach citizens the critical thinking tools they will need in the world. A media literacy program must teach citizens the critical thinking tools they will need in the world. Your challenge is to produce a website that educators can utilize as they teach his/her media literacy class. Your challenge is to produce a website that educators can utilize as they teach his/her media literacy class.

The term global citizen has been proposed. What does ‘global’ mean in Global Citizen? Global could mean: Planetary – a world citizen (presumptuous) Well-rounded or widely read. Someone who is holistic in his/her appreciation of the world and the people in it Adaptable (like a travel plug) – someone who could fit into various positions, locations, countries and cultures

Mission Statement Using information and media awareness strategies, this media literacy program aims to produce a responsible, globally aware person. Adopting the characteristics Oxfam attributes to a global citizen, this media program seeks to produce a person who:  is aware of the world and his/her place in it.  appreciates diversity.  understands how the world works. o Socially, culturally, politically, economically, technologically, environmentally  recognizes social injustice.  contributes to the local & global communities.  is willing to act and be responsible for those actions.

Mission Statement (Continued) Toward that end, we offer the following media literacy curriculum complete with suggested readings and multi- media material, general discussion points, and exercises for review, adaptation and/or implementation.

Media Literacy Goals (From Seminar Day 1) To teach:  Access  Understand  Analyze  Evaluate  Produce media/production of media

Media Literacy Curriculum Teaching Modules Using the general media literacy goals as teaching modules we will construct a media literacy website with the following headings:  Access  Awareness (Understand)  Assessment (Analyze/Evaluate)  Appreciation (Understand)  Action (Produce)

Access Examples: Personal Governmental (including legal) Societal Technological Too much/None

Awareness Examples: Self Others Inequalities Indoctrination (Social/Religious/Political)

Assessment Examples: Context Uses/Benefits Analysis/Evaluation Skepticism

Appreciation Examples: Culture (taboos) Society Politics Media Systems

Action Examples: Media Production Message Construction/Deconstruction Audiences (public, government, corporate, grass roots)

Conclusion Fringe Thinking Use my media Interactivity Personalize Keep me engaged