1. Media Literacy Teaching kids to intelligently navigate the information highway.

2. Media Literacy - Overview of presentation »Definition »Importance »Teaching points »Resources »Question and answer

3. Definition 1 » ･ The ability to read, analyze, evaluate and produce communication in a variety of media forms (television, print, radio, computers, etc.). www.pbs.org/weta/myjourneyho me/teachers/glossary.html www.pbs.org/weta/myjourneyho me/teachers/glossary.html

4. Definition 2 » ･ Media literacy is the skill of understanding the nature of communications, particularly in regard to telecommunications and mass media. The skill entails knowledge of the structural features of the media, and how these might tend to influence the content of the media. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_literacy en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_literacy

6. Importance »How do our students learn to make sense of their worlds when so much of their information arrives distorted through the "looking glass" of mass media? »Journalistic ethics are often "put out to pasture" and left to rust in the chase after ratings and profits. ( http://www.fno.org/jun99/media.html) http://www.fno.org/jun99/media.html

7. Importance »The Internet Explosion »There are at least 600 billion web sites (“billions and billions”) »Search engines or directories typically access “only” 6 billion »Typical students usually look at the first few entries

8. One example A true story - source  Educational Renaissance Planners - founded by Alan November to promote the effective use of information and communication technologies that support and enhance learning for children and communities. (http://www.anovember.com)http://www.anovember.com

9. “How the Holocaust didn’t happen” »http://pubweb.acns.nwu.edu/~abu tz/index.htmlhttp://pubweb.acns.nwu.edu/~abu tz/index.html »Arthur Butz, author, Professor at Northwestern University

11. Addressing Media Literacy »Author credibility »Format and presentation »Scope »Cost and accessibility »Final considerations

12. Author credibility »Backwards navigate http://pubweb.acns.nwu.edu/~abutz/inde x.html http://pubweb.acns.nwu.edu/~abutz/inde x.html »Author search: Ask Jeeves Google Profusion

13. Author credibility »Grammatical or spelling errors? »Sources of information available? »Bias and stereotype?

14. Format and Presentation »Graphics and content »Navigational ease »Who is the audience? »Readability »“Clutteriness”

15. Scope »Usefulness and uniqueness »Purpose »Factually based »Originality »Currency »Frequency of updates

16. Cost and accessibility »Consistently available »Text based alternative »Dead links »Fee based

17. Final considerations »Use of tildes ~ »Comparing information »Who sponsors or authors the site? »Research from MS and HS in CO: 500 sites selected randomly (of 130,000) 27% considered reliable

18. Resources »Kathy Schrock’s Guide for Educators http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/eval.ht ml http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/eval.ht ml »Teaching Media Literacy in an Age of Edutainment http://www.fno.org/jun99/media.html http://www.fno.org/jun99/media.html »November Learning http://www.anovember.com/Default.aspx?tabid= 160 http://www.anovember.com/Default.aspx?tabid= 160 »An Introduction to Media Literacy http://www.ci.appstate.edu/programs/edmedia/ medialit/article.html#What%20is%20Media%20L iteracy http://www.ci.appstate.edu/programs/edmedia/ medialit/article.html#What%20is%20Media%20L iteracy

19. Questions and Answers

20. Presented by… Janet Buckenmeyer & Staci Trekles Milligan Purdue University Calumet Hammond, IN http://education.calumet.purdue.edu /Tutorials/ICE