Media Literacy and Cultural Understanding of People in the Middle East

The Media Education Lab works to explore how media literacy can be used as a means to promote global understanding.
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Learn more about work during the 2008-2009 school year on our collaborative wikispace, where we have placed lesson plans and activities.  You can also see samples of student work.  

On May 13, 2009, filmmaker Raouf Zaki visited to share and discuss his film, "Santa Claus in Baghdad" with students at Roberts Elementary School.  Elementary children have been corresponding with college students enrolled in a technology ineducation course at Kuwait University, under supervision of Dr. RawiaAlhumaidan, to learn more about media, children, technology andcross-cultural understanding.

With leadership from Sharon Kuznick, Principal of the Roberts Elementary School, we explored how to integrate media analysis and media production activities into the K-4 curriculum in ways that promote student engagement, literacy, creativity, collaboration skills,and critical thinking.

This project is sponsored by a grant from the Alliance of Civilizations.

 

 




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