This manual is based on what was learned during the courses given in the context of the project. During the first semester of the 2010-2011 school year, the course was given at Netanya Academic College and the Oranim Academic Teachers College During the second semester of the same year, the course was given at Levinsky […]
Media Literacy Education from Kindergarten to College: Media Literacy across the Educational System
Media Literacy Education from Kindergarten to College: A Comparison of How Media Literacy Is Addressed across the Educational System This study of media literacy education at all levels of the educational system considered faculty perceptions of student media literacy competencies, the extent to which media literacy is addressed in class, and the extent to which […]
Exploring the Usefulness of School Education About Risks on Social Network Sites: A Survey Study
The growing popularity of social network sites (SNS) is causing concerns about privacy and security, especially with teenagers, since they show various forms of unsafe behavior on SNS. It has been put forth by researchers, teachers, parents, and teenagers that school is ideally placed to educate teens about risks on SNS and to teach youngsters […]
The Journal of Media Literacy Education, Volume 5, Issue 1
Table of Contents – Exploring the Usefulness of School Education About Risks on Social Network Sites: A Survey Study – Media Literacy Education from Kindergarten to College: A Comparison of How Media Literacy Is Addressed across the Educational System – Exploring Adolescents’ Multimodal Responses to The Kite Runner: Understanding How Students Use Digital Media for Academic Purposes and […]
Online Digital Media in Elementary School: Promoting Cultural Understanding
Digital and mass media play a significant role in the development of children’s understanding of people around the world. Specific instructional practices using media can help combat negative stereotypes and increase knowledge, tolerance and acceptance of the peoples and cultures of the Middle East. Media literacy education includes activities that involve both critical analysis and […]
Alienated: Undocumented Immigrant Youth
Alienated gives voice to undocumented youth immigrants facing the challenges of life after high school with no options for legalized work or college. A determined young woman from St. Vincent commutes from Brooklyn to New Jersey to work as a nanny for $4 an hour, while another young woman from St. Lucia tells how she […]
Towards Media and Information Literacy Indicators
Developing a Global Framework for a topic as broad and complex as Information Literacy-Media Literacy or, to use UNESCO’s appellation, Media and Information Literacy (MIL) Indicators is a daunting task. To address this challenge, a brief overview of the history, background, and global context is needed. Media and information literacy begins with the creation of […]
Street Republic in Egypt: From Bullets to Ballots
On 2 June 2012, Hosni Mubarak and his Minister of Interior were both convicted and given life sentences. This comes fifteen months after the spark of the 2011 revolution that marked a great moment of history, though it aggravated many of the suppressed problems associated with the disorientation towards democracy and the confusion about what […]
Implants, Cyborgs, Cellphones
This week on Spark – My Cyborg My Self. As implanted medical devices become more commonplace, they’re bringing up lots of issues, especially around security. We ask: who will control the devices in our bodies? Also, should we just accept long, limiting cellphone contracts as just a part of life? Or is there another, very […]
Saving Kids from Sneaky Online Marketing
Every day young people are being bombarded by subtly manipulative forms of marketing on their favorite websites. […] The problem is that more often than not these free kid-friendly sites are also extremely brand-friendly and advertising-friendly.
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