Media Literacy without Judgment: Strategies for Engaging Young People in Reflection about the Media They Use and Create
Tuesday, September 27, 2016
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Cranston Public Library
Facilitator: Faith Rogow, Ph.D. Author and Media Literacy Consultant, Insighters Education
Sometimes it can be hard to watch young people using media technologies and not be concerned. But when we engage youth using our own fears as our primary lens, we’re likely to be met with resistance, disdain, or indifference. In this upbeat workshop, we’ll share an alternative strategy that doesn’t require abandoning our concerns: a skills-based, constructivist approach that respects youth media culture in the same way we might respect their ethnicity or religion. Rather than focusing on critiquing teen behavior or media choices, the goal is to help young people see themselves as capable of the inquiry and reflection that they’ll need to successfully navigate the demands of an increasingly complex digital world. You’ll walk away with concrete ideas for activities, as well as an understanding of the pedagogical foundation that make the activities effective so you can design your own activities.
The ABCs of Media Literacy
Monday, September 26, 2016
9:30 am - 3:30 pm
Warwick Public Library
Facilitator: Faith Rogow, Ph.D. Author and Media Literacy Consultant, Insighters Education
This full-day workshop will question how, when we talk of traditional literacy, we often talk about creating “print-rich” environments and, by doing so, contradict the movement urging children to become productive and literate digital citizens. Participants will explore how to reconcile this contradiction with strategies to encourage emergent media literacy.
We’ll model the inquiry and reflection we expect to use with children by engaging in conversations, interactive presentations, and activities to explore:
How to use media literacy education methods to provide the foundation that young children need to thrive in the digital world
How to integrate technology in ways that foster curiosity, creativity, communication and collaboration (hint: it’s not just about finding the right app)
How our approach changes when we think of librarians as Chief Inquiry Officers
How to design and implement your own inquiry-based media literacy activities
How to serve as media mentors for families.
How to respond to objections about media and young children without abandoning our own concerns
This workshop is offered as part of the Children’s Services Fall Meeting with OLIS.
Best,
Mary