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Digital &
Media Literacy:
An Introduction
Renee Hobbs
Harrington School of Communication and Media
University of Rhode Island
Narragansett Public Schools
March 14, 2014
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www.harrington.uri.edu
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http://mediaeducationlab.com
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www.mediaeducationlab.com
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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
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LOVE HATE
PRINT VISUAL SOUND DIGITAL
Educators’ attitudes about media, technology and popular
culture shape their work with learners
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Protection
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Empowerment
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Digital & Media Literacy Embrace
Protection & Empowerment
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Rhetoric
Visual Literacy
Information Literacy
Media Literacy
Computer Literacy
Critical Literacy
News Literacy
Digital Literacy
Digital Literacy in Historical Context
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A Lifelong Process
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A Lifelong Process
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A Lifelong Process
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Digital Literacy & Libraries:
Designing What’s Coming Next
Literacy is the sharing of meaning
through symbols
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Children compare and contrast media in relation to
print and visual forms
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Children create a public service announcement
about littering
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Students create media to share what they’ve learned
about the use of primary sources in the research
process
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www.studentreportinglabs.com
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Students demonstrate an understanding of
literary devices using remix composition
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TURKISH TV AMERICAN TV
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ACCESS
ANALYZEE
CREATE ACT
REFLECT
ACCESS
expanding the concept of literacy
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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
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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
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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
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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)
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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
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ACCESS
ANALYZEE
CREATE ACT
REFLECT
ACCESS
expanding the concept of literacy
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What happens when educators integrate
digital and media literacy into the curriculum?
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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
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Increase learner engagement
and motivation
Inspire intellectual curiosity
Improve perspective-taking
and global understanding
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www.powerfulvoicesforkids.com
Increase in civic knowledge and
civic engagement
Confidence in self-expression
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How do educators integrate digital and media
literacy into the curriculum?
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#1
Find Good Partners
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#2
Prioritize Goals
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#3
Start Driving
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#4
Measure Impact
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#5
Tell Your Story
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#6
Give it Time to Grow
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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
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Summer Institute in Digital Literacy
July 13 – 18, 2014
Providence RI
www.mediaeducationlab.com
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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
EU Survey of risks N = 25,000 kids from 13 countriesThe survey asked about a range of risks, asdetailed in what follows. Looking across allthese risks, 41% of European 9-16 year oldshave encountered one or more of theserisks. Risks increase with age: 14% of 9-10 yearolds have encountered one or more of the risksasked about, rising to 33% of 11-12 year olds,49% of 13-14 year olds and 63% of 15-16 yearolds.