To guide K-12 technology and media literacy integration, we suggest using a simple target profile of a student who is empowered with adaptable and flexible modern literacy skills and working backward from that objective when designing any use of media in teaching and learning.
Below is the profile we start with when working with K-12 schools. As pockets of media-literacy practices take hold.
(Devleop a Scope & Sequence to build towards the Target
To ensure that your school — across and within each grade level — is incorporating digital skills and media-literacy concepts that build cohesively toward the media-literacy profile you have envisioned for your graduates, we suggest aligning them vertically using The Media Spot’s Media Literacy Scope and Sequence Template.
Video: Students Demonstrating their Media Literacy
These 7th Graders at Brooklyn School of Inquiry had 6 years of media literacy education under their belts at the time this video was made. Their explanation, using examples of their work and authentic experiences, demonstrates the Target Media Literacy Profile.
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