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WELCOME! to Tech and Tots creative commons license – Faith Rogow, Ph.D., Insighters Educational Consulting – educational use permitted. Select a caption : Time well spent. or Time out!. Why teach reading & writing?. Because people need it to: Learn Communicate
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WELCOME! toTech and Totscreative commons license – Faith Rogow, Ph.D., Insighters Educational Consulting – educational use permitted
Select a caption : Time well spent. or Time out!
Why teach reading & writing? Because people need it to: • Learn • Communicate • Be a productive worker • Be an engaged and responsible citizen • Maximize social success (including parenting) • Experience enjoyment
Why Digital Media Literacy? • Learn • Communicate • Be a productive worker • Be an engaged and responsible citizen • Maximize social success (including parenting) • Experience enjoyment
HABITS OF INQUIRY Knowing how to ask important questions andfind the answers
The purpose of media literacy education is to develop thehabits of inquiry and skills of expressionpeople need to be critical thinkers, effective communicators and active citizen’s in today’s world. www.NAMLE.net
TV Turnoff Week is NOTMedia Literacy Education Education is never a game of “keep away”
CAN WE GET THERE FROM HERE? Harm or Not • Digital Media Literacy x CRITICAL THINKER
DRAWING QUESTIONS: • What sounds do you hear? • How will people know what room this is? • What would you see if you looked up, down, or to the side?
KWL • What do you know? • And where do you know it from? • What do you want to learn? • And where are you likely to find credible sources that could answer your questions? • What did you learn? • And which sources were the most helpful?
Add a question: “How do you know?”
MEDIA LITERACY CONVERSATION STARTERS KEY QUESTIONS (The questions that we teach kids to ask for themselves)
If you were designing a video game… • Very Nutritious = 20 • Nutritious = 10 • Not Nutritious = 0 • Dangerous = - 50 Drag foods into the mouth to score
Preparing for Open House Or documenting a field trip
Media are tools • What you get from them depends on • the QUALITY of the tool • and • how SKILLFULLY you use the tool
reach me at: [insert your contact info] THE TOOLS ARE IN YOUR HANDS!