In this session, Renee Hobbs, Sandy Hayes and Kristin Hokanson explore the importance of copyright and fair use for digital literacy. Participants gain knowledge about U.S. copyright law as it relates to the most common instructional practices in digital literacy and appreciate the concept of transformative use.
At the website Discover Media Literacy, you can see videos, review lesson plans, and get ideas for staff development progrms for K-6 educators that help them introduce media literacy into the curriculum. For example:
Help young children learn the language of film and visual media
Become a recognized expert in digital and media literacy
Hobbs, Renee (2007). Reading the Media: Media Literacy in High School English. New York: Teachers College Press.
Discovering Media Literacy: Teaching Digital Media and Popular Culture in Elementary School (Corwin/Sage, 2013) gives you all the tools you need to explore digital and media literacy with children ages 5 - 12, both in and out of school.