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Media, Youth and Civic Engagement

Students from the Science Leadership Academy participated in the Rebooting the News conference.

Jonathan Delgado from Fairhill Community School shares his presentation on the events of September 11.

Understanding the media is key to participating in democracy. Media literacy education helps students become critical thinkers, encouraging them to become skeptical about political messages without becoming cynical about them. By constructing media messages, working collaboratively and participating in meaningful dialogue and social and political issues, students develop citizenship skills

Events

Messy Engagement: The Heart of the Common Core
RI-LINK CONFERENCE, August 13, East Bay Educational Collaborative, 317 Market Street, Warren, RI. RENEE HOBBS KEYNOTE
Summer Institute in Digital Literacy
Online registration is now open! Join us in Providence July 14 - 19 for a hands-on, minds-on professional development program for educators and librarians.
Hobbs at the Association of Rhode Island Health Science Libraries
Renee Hobbs addresses health librarians on March 13, 2013 at the meeting of the Association of Rhode Island Health Science Libraries.
Youth 2.0 Workshop at the University of Antwerp, Belgium
Watch a screencast of Renee's keynote, "When Literacy Goes Digital: Meeting the Needs of the Youngest Learners with Digital and Media Literacy." On March 22, 2013, Renee Hobbs was the…

Curriculum Materials

The Media Education Lab is one of the leading providers of multimedia curriculum resources for K-12 media literacy education. Take advantage of our extensive collection of free resources below:

A Preview of Powerful Voices for Kids
POWERFUL VOICES FOR KIDS helps elementary educators to introduce digital and media literacy into the PK - 6 curriculum to build literacy, language, critical thinking, creative and collaborative skills by…
Digital and Media Literacy: Connecting Culture and Classroom
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.
Foster Youth Program in Media Literacy
We're learning-by-doing to discover how media literacy analysis and production experiences can support the development of teens in foster care.
Media Literacy Smartphone
Available for purchase for the first time ever, the media literacy smartphone helps students learn to ask questions about what they read, see, watch and listen to

Research and Scholarship

Some of the publications of members of the Media Education Lab team:

Hobbs, R.. (2013). Improvization and Strategic Risk Taking in Informal Learning with Digital Media Literacy. Learning, Media and Technology,
By Jonathan Friesem, Kelsey Greene, Lisa Provorova, Tim Tierney & Renee Hobbs. (2012, September). First Star URI RAM Academy. Kingston, RI: Media Education Lab.,
Hobbs, R.. (2011, September). It's All in the Family: Keynote Address to the International Association for Visual Literacy. Philadelphia: Temple University
Hobbs, R., Yoon, J. & Al-Humaidan, R. Ebrahimi, A., Cabral, N., . (2011, August). Online Digital Media in Elementary School. Journal of Middle East Media, (7) 1 - 23.
Moore, D.C.. (2011, June). Asking Questions First: Navigating Popular Culture and Transgression in an Inquiry Based Media Literacy Classroom. Action in Teacher Education, (33) 219 - 230.
Hobbs, R.. (2011, June). Connecting Kids with News in their Community. Nieman Reports, (65) 48-52.
Cappello, G., Felini, D. & Hobbs, R. . (2011, December). Reflections on Global Development in Media Literacy Education: Bridging Theory and Practice. Journal of Media Literacy Education, (3) 66 - 73.
Hobbs, R.. (2011, November). Digital and Media Literacy: The Pleasures and Perils of Online Pranking. ASCA School Counselor, 31 - 35.
Bailin, E.. (2011, January). Learning about Flash Mobs Helps Children Develop News Literacy Skills. Spot.Us,
Renee Hobbs, Henry Cohn-Geltner and John Landis. (2011). Views on the News. Media Literacy Empowerment Competencies in the Elementary Grades. Cecilia von Feilitzen, Ulla Carlsson, Catharina Bucht. The International Clearinghouse on Children, Youth and Media, 43-55.