Media literacy through collaborative production


Media Literacy in Kindergarten

March 13, 2010 by Rhys

Media Literacy, Kindergarten-styleKindergartners at PS 130 are using technology in the classroom to build skills to operate computer-based resources according to the National Ed-Tech Standards (NETS).  In the process they are building the fundamentals of media literacy -- picking up related vocabulary, and getting a handle on the basics of what it means to communicate and play on the Internet. 

The following video (embedded from PS130brooklyn.com) includes tutorials recorded by 4 K classes to help themselves remember, and other students and teachers out there know what they're learning. 

It's awful cute: