Media Literacy Twitter Chat

Tonight I participated in a live chat on Twitter surrounding integrating Media Literacy with Social Studies education. This chat was lead by Renee Hobbs, author of Discovering Media Literacy: Teaching Digital Media and Popular Culture in Elementary School. I read this book last quarter and dove into teaching media literacy in my classroom. I've followed her …

Discovering Media Literacy – Final Reflection

When trying to figure out the best way to capture the message of our book without just recreating what we’ve already done in this class, we chose to focus on one of the lessons outlined within the book itself. Discovering Media Literacy: Teaching Digital Media and Popular Culture in Elementary School by Renee Hobbs and …

Discovering Media Literacy – Part 3

In wrapping up Discovering Media Literacy, I realized what an incredible resource I had at my fingertips. I had of course already noticed the many ways that I could utilize the lessons and tools in this book within my own teaching, however I didn't fully realize how much it had to offer until I had …

Discovering Media Literacy – Part 2

The second section of Discovering Media Literacy: Teaching Digital Media and Popular Culture in Elementary School focused on media literacy work with intermediate students. This was immediately intriguing to me as a fifth grade teacher. I appreciate reading a book that is so focused on media in elementary schools, as I often feel like a lot …

Discovering Media Literacy – Part 1

This week I began reading Discovering Media Literacy: Teaching Digital Media and Popular Culture in Elementary School by Renee Hobbs and David Cooper Moore. This text was written to be used as a resource for elementary school teachers that are pursuing instruction around media and digital literacy. The first part of this book focuses on the …