A book and website explores media literacy with Philadelphia elementary school students and teachers
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
How young children respond to news and current events by creating pictures and composing sentences
How creating "how-to" videos can promote procedural thinking and creative collaboration
How children's collaborative songwriting promotes teamwork and creativity
How to build critical thinking about pop music through a screencasting activity
How to introduce concepts of copyright and fair use through remix play
Check out the companion website to the book, Discover Media Literacy, and take a quiz to find out your Digital Learning Horosope!