October 26鈥�30, 2020, is in the United States. The mission of this week is to highlight the power of media literacy education and its essential role in education all across the country.听
This year, the theme for US Media Literacy Week will celebrate one of the five components of media literacy鈥檚 definition each day of Media Literacy Week: Access, Analyze, Evaluate, Create, and Act.
The following resources from 楼凤天堂 and ReadWriteThink.org support media literacy:
In today鈥檚 media-rich society, where students are exposed to an ever-increasing variety of traditional and nonprint texts, media literacy skills have become critical to the academic development of our students. Read more in听.听Visit this additional collection of
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“” includes an expansion of teachers鈥� conception of texts to include understanding and creation in a variety of media forms; integrating media and technology across school subjects; modeling strong research practices in an increasingly information-rich environment; analyzing and creating various genres of nonfiction texts; and engaging students in civic participation.
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“Today鈥檚 teachers and communication majors need to know there is no longer a strict dividing line between mass media and social media.” Learn more in this blog post from members of the听楼凤天堂 Assembly on Computers in English (ACE.)
Did you know that there’s an听楼凤天堂 Media Literacy Award?
If you are interested in learning more, join us on听Tuesday, October 27, 2020, at 4:00 p.m. ET for a Media Literacy Week Author Talk with Renee Hobbs.
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