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My Pop Studio: An Online Game for Media Literacy
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Copyright Clarity: How Fair Use Supports Learning
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A Plan of Action for Educational Leaders and Policymakers
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Connect Culture and Classroom in Grades 7 - 12
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Rhode Island Kids Get Media Literacy
The Media Education Lab at the University of Rhode Island advances media literacy education through research and community service. We emphasize interdisciplinary scholarship and practice that stands at the intersections of communication, media studies and education.

News and Events

  • Symposium on the Historical Roots of Media Literacy
    This Sept 20 symposium will convene leaders from four decades of media literacy to discuss the field’s historical frameworks and to engage the next generation of researchers and practitioners in…
  • Summer Institute in Digital Literacy
    Register now to join us in Providence July 14 - 19 for a hands-on, minds-on professional development program for K-12, college educators, librarians and youth media specialists. Watch these…
  • Hobbs and Moore at ISTE 2013 in San Antonio
    Want to go beyind drill-and-skill computer games on the whiteboard? This workshop introduces Powerful Voices for Kids, the book and online resource for K-6 educators and their students, where even the…
  • Hobbs Introduces Digital Literacy to MCCLPHEI
    Renee Hobbs offered a keynote address at the annual meeting of the Massachusetts Commonwealth Consortium of Libraries in Public Higher Education on June 13, 2013. 
  • Shaping the Future 2: Innovation, Education and Entrepreneurship
    Renee Hobbs has been invited to Israel to consult with CET, a non-profit organization with expertise and reputation in the education system in Israel. CET is the largest and most professional…


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