Views on the News: Media Literacy Empowerment Competencies in the Elementary Grades

Views on the News: Media Literacy Empowerment Competencies in the Elementary Grades
Renee Hobbs
Temple University
International Reading Association, Orlando FL
May 9, 2011

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Strengthen reading comprehension

Build background knowledge

Contribute to citizenship skills

Suport the development of empathy

Bridge between home and school

Spark intellectual curiosity

Develop critical thinking

Support communication and collaboration skills

Program Elements
Summer Program for Children
Staff Development Program
Curriculum Development
In-School Mentoring
Parent Outreach
Research and Assessment

DESCRIBE: Inside the Frame
IMAGINE: Outside the Frame

For a few hours over the weekend, a stretch of Madison Avenue in the Flatiron district became an unlikely cash-free zone for the Sikh Day Parade. Left to right, the brothers BradhamCheema, 4, PahulpreetCheema, 7, and SamarpreetCheema, 3, enjoyed their dishes near Madison Square Park.
Credit: Michael Appleton for The New York Times MORE PHOTOS

ASK QUESTIONS: What do you want to know?
LEARN MORE: Gather new information by reading or listening
REFLECT: What’s important here?
COMPOSE: Share what you have learned

Digital and Media Literacy Competencies

Engaging: connecting to lived experience and stimulating curiosity and motivation
Locating: finding and selecting information
Comprehending: constructing meaning through active interpretation
Analyzing: identifying author, audience, purpose and point of view and examining the relationship between form and content
Evaluating: making judgments about the value and worth of a particular message
Communicating: composing or creating a message using the processes of brainstorming, composition and revision.
Taking Action: disseminating a message to an authentic audience for the purpose of making a difference in the world outside the classroom

Case Studies
Grade 1: Share Emotional Response to Build Empathy
Grade 2: Engage and Reframe to Understand Children’s Interpretation Processes
Grade 3: Create a News Broadcast to Explore the Conventions of Journalism
Grade 4: Debate a Current Events Controversy
Grade 5: Talk Back to the News Media

Share Emotional Response

Engage and Reframe

Create a News Broadcast

Stage a Mock Debate

Talk Back to the News Media

Case Studies
Grade 1: Share Emotional Response to Build Empathy
Grade 2: Engage and Reframe to Understand Children’s Interpretation Processes
Grade 3: Create a News Broadcast to Explore the Conventions of Journalism
Grade 4: Debate a Current Events Controversy
Grade 5: Talk Back to the News Media

Digital and Media Literacy Competencies

Engaging: connecting to lived experience and stimulating curiosity and motivation
Locating: finding and selecting information
Comprehending: constructing meaning through active interpretation
Analyzing: identifying author, audience, purpose and point of view and examining the relationship between form and content
Evaluating: making judgments about the value and worth of a particular message
Communicating: composing or creating a message using the processes of brainstorming, composition and revision.
Taking Action: disseminating a message to an authentic audience for the purpose of making a difference in the world outside the classroom

Issues to Consider
Empathy vs. spectacle in response to disaster news
Pros and cons of learning the news formula
Access and control issues: who selects content?
Influence of parent-community world view
Skepticism v cynicism
Teacher anxieties about bringing news into the classroom
Dissemination of youth voices responding to news and current events

News Literacy: What Works
News Literacy: What Works

Start from the Learner’s Interests

Connect Comprehension and Analysis

Ask Critical Questions and Listen Well

Focus on Constructedness

Use Collaborative Multimedia Composition to Produce Meaningful and Authentic Communication

Make Connections between the Classroom and the World

Renee Hobbs
Temple University
School of Communications and Theater
Media Education Lab
Philadelphia PA
http://mediaeducationlab.com
Email: renee.hobbs@temple.edu

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