Copyright Clarity: How Fair Use Supports Digital Learning
By Renee Hobbs
JUST RELEASED! Learn the secrets of media literacy pedagogy in Grades 7 - 12 and maximize
the power of mass media, popular culture and digital media for teaching
and learning.
Renee Hobbs and her colleagues at the Media Education Lab developed the
Digital Workshops for Parents and Educators as part of Frontline's
"Digital Nation."
Create a pop star and reflect on values in music
Edit a TV show and see how juxtaposition reshapes meaning
Try multitasking and see how it affects your memory and attention
----And more…
Coming Soon - An online resource for digital and media literacy with children ages 5 - 13
Until then, meet our partner schools!
In this award-winning documentary, Renee Hobbs offers a compelling analysis of how news and entertainment covered the Rodney King beating and 1992 Los Angeles riots and introduces the key concepts…
The Media Education Lab team created this dynamic multimedia curriculum including lesson plans, three videos and an online quiz that measures youth civic engagement. These lessons show educators how to…
Finally, the comprehensive three-volume curriculum created by Renee Hobbs is available online. This is the 18-unit curriculum developed
for Maryland State Department of Education and Discovery
Communications, Inc.
You can download the PDF files…
Lesson plans and materials to help you teach about copyright and fair use. Click here to see our many educational videos to help you teach about copyright and fair use.
Every American needs a set of competencies that enable them to use
technology, access information, critically analyze media messages, and
create using multimedia skills. In a white paper by Renee…
Elements of Language (Holt, Rinehart and Winston) is the first English language arts textbook to fully incorporate media literacy throughout the series for students in grades 6 -12. Chapters introduce…
Check out our lesson plans for teachers and an interactive quiz for parents encourage reflection and analysis of the Frontline film, "Growing Up Online."
Renee Hobbs and Kelly Mendoza developed materials…
How discerning are you when it comes to analyzing news and entertainment? Take this quiz!
Curriculum Resources from the Youth Media Workshop for Iranian American Youth, held in Philadelphia from August 3 - 7, 2009 at the Asian Arts Initiative. See the lesson plans and…
This curriculum with video clips promotes critical analysis of non-fiction television for students in grades 6 - 12 and demonstrates simple but powerful learning activities that help build critical thinking…
The Media Education Lab works to explore how media literacy can be used as a means to promote global understanding.
MacNeil Lehrer Productions has created short video that features Renee Hobbs on how media literacy can be used to address the prescription drug industry's messages that influence people to seek…
Developed in collaboration with the Newspaper Association of America, Messages & Meanings is a collection of curriculum activities for analyzing print and electronic media. This resource includes instructional activities for…
This skills builder includes tools for analyzing the media, understanding advertising, understanding media ownership, and issues of representation.
An hands-on media production curriculum for developing news literacy skills with high school students.
