Today’s young people are growing up in a world full of smartphones, texting, YouTube, Internet access, and instant entertainment and information. But while they may be media-savvy, we maintain that they are not necessarily media- or digital-literate. Multiple studies have shown that many young people lack the media and information-literacy skills they need to be […]
Youth Media Strengthens Common Core Practice
The Common Core State Standards Initiative has gained momentum since its introduction in 2010, and is now adopted in almost every state. There has been a rapid response among schools, after-school programs, and teacher educators to process, adapt, and integrate these new standards in practice, and as teachers’ associations, districts, and other professional groups find […]
MOUSE: learn, lead and create with technology
MOUSE empowers underserved youth to learn, lead and create with technology, preparing them with skills essential for their academic and career success. The MOUSE Squad program trains students to become digital media and technology experts in their schools, improving the use of technology to enhance learning, while also building confidence and developing skills for 21st […]
Bringing the World to School: Integrating News and Media Literacy in Elementary Classrooms
For years, the Powerful Voices for Kids program, a university-school partnership program of the Media Education Lab at the University of Rhode Island, developed a multifaceted approach to integrate news and current events into in-school and after-school instruction in K-6 schools. Three case studies detailing the program’s impact on an undergraduate novice instructor, an in-school […]
Powerful Voices for Kids Online
When integrated into the elementary curriculum, digital and media literacy addresses some of the very real challenges of contemporary education. Many children are disillusioned with school by the time they reach Grade 3 and negative attitudes about school and learning often intensify during Grades 4 – 6 when students form beliefs and attitudes about school, […]
Teaching Writing, Teaching Media
For many years, the Media Education Foundation (MEF) has put out videos and DVDs to help people understand the social impact of mass media on our culture. MEF is especially committed to helping young people critically analyze sitcoms, sports broadcasts, advertisements, news programs, and other media products. Where commercial media tend to lead young people […]
Internet and Social Networks
This booklet closes a series of three brochures which put young people and the media at the centre of the discussion. Internet and social networks come up as a central topic that is prevalent in the daily lives of a significant number of people. The goal of this publications is to provide parents and educators […]
Youth Perspectives on Tech in Schools: From Mobile Devices to Restrictions and Monitori
The Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University Research Publication No. 2014-3 January 15, 2014 This research brief is a contribution by the Youth and Media team at the Berkman Center to its Student Privacy Initiative, which seeks to explore the opportunities and challenges that may arise as educational institutions adopt cloud computing […]
Media education and literacy in Latin America
This paper discusses discourses on media literacy and the state of the art in media education in Latin America paying special attention to the contextual factors that have helped to shape such discourses and educational practices. Understanding this general context is essential because it frames and conditions the effective use and critical appropriation of digital […]
Children’s changing online experiences in a longitudinal perspective
This article is an analytic reflection on social and technological change. It shows that: – Internet diffusion is linked to specific patterns of uses and experiences. On average, children in “advanced” countries go online earlier, use a broader range of online services, are more skilled in safer internet and, nevertheless, are more at risk. – […]
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