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Digital Citizenship Education Handbook Year of publication: 2019 Author: Janice Richardson | Elizabeth Milovidov Corporate author: Council of Europe Digital citizenship and engagement involves a wide range of activities, from creating, consuming, sharing, playing and socialising, to investigating, communicating, learning and working. Competent digital citizens are able to respond to new and everyday challenges related to learning, work, employability, leisure, inclusion and participation in society, respecting human rights and intercultural differences.This Digital citizenship education handbook is designed to help educators and other interested adults understand and deal with them. It builds on the Council of Europe’s Reference Framework of Competences for Democratic Culture and the achievements of our longstanding Education for Democratic Citizenship programme, and complements the Internet literacy handbook as part of a coherent approach to educating citizens for the society of the future. 
Media Literacy at Your Library: Learning and Prototyping Report Year of publication: 2018 Corporate author: American Library Association (ALA) Media Literacy at Your Library was a project of the American Library Association (ALA) in collaboration with the Center for News Literacy at Stony Brook University (CNL), supported by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, the Democracy Fund, and the Rita Allen Foundation as part of the Knight Prototype Fund.Through this project, ALA sought to address a critical need in the field for adult media literacy education, with a focus on news literacy. The goal of the prototype project was to develop media literacy training and complementary resources designed to prepare public library professionals to educate their adult patrons to be informed media consumers.Following a one-day training led by CNL, teams from five public libraries took on the challenges of creating innovative media literacy programs serving their distinct communities. With the goal of making the CNL news literacy curriculum more broadly accessible to the library field, the teams also offered feedback on a series of online trainings based on the in-person training they attended. These five library teams guided and informed ALA and CNL’s understanding and development of prototype resources over the course of the project. 
Media Literacy Smartphone Year of publication: 2020 Author: Renee Hobbs | Pam Steager Corporate author: Media Education Lab Learn how to use the Media Literacy Smartphone with learners of all ages! Download the free Learning Guide to bring the power of media literacy analysis to your learners!These easy-to-use cards, shaped exactly in the size of a smartphone, are available to educators for classroom use. You can use these simple paper cards to introduce a structured approach that helps students learn to critically analyze any media text --- web sites, books, advertising, news, TV shows, movies, video games, magazines and music. One side of the smartphone displays the various "apps" for analyzing a media text and the other side displays the "five critical questions" of media literacy developed by Renee Hobbs.Pair the smart phone with the LOVE IT OR HATE IT cards for a dynamic and fun learning experience. 
Teaching Media Production Online During a Pandemic: Brief Report Submitted to PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs Year of publication: 2020 Author: Yonty Friesem Corporate author: Media Education Lab How are media production teachers coping with remote video production with students?Starting in mid-March, US schools moved to remote instruction due to COVID-19 pandemic. Media production teachers had to shift their teaching to online without the possibility to use their high-end equipment in school. This report showcase the findings from Dr. Yonty Friesem’s research with media teachers who used the curriculum of PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Lab as they adapt to online and remote instruction. Dr. Friesem shared the report with PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Lab and the audience of the webinar. 
How to Understand Misinformation, Disinformation and Malinformation Year of publication: 2020 Corporate author: Shout Out UK | U.S. Embassy London | Association for Citizenship Teaching (ACT) We live in a world where information is very easy to fabricate. Now more than ever, media literacy (the ability to critically analyse information) is critical for us as citizens and for our democracy to function. This video explains the difference between Misinformation, Disinformation and Malinformation and presents you with some examples! This video is part of a resource pack created and designed by Shout Out UK, supported by the US Embassy in London and in collaboration with the Association For Citizenship Teaching.For more info: https://www.shoutoutuk.org/media-literacy/ 
Connected: An Introduction to Digital Media Literacy Year of publication: 2020 Corporate author: Webwise | Professional Development Service for Teachers (PDST) Connected comprises five modules exploring young people’s rights and responsibilities online, emerging digital technologies and topics including big data and the data economy, deep fakes, false information and online wellbeing. The five modules are:1. My Online Wellbeing2. News, Information and Problems of False Information3. Big Data & the Data Economy4. My Rights Online5. Publishing Online - Group ProjectThe programme is mapped to the Junior Cycle Digital Media Literacy Short Course and will give students an understanding of the role of digital technologies and will help students develop key digital media literacy skills to responsibly navigate the online environment. 
Information Neighbourhoods Year of publication: 2020 Corporate author: Shout Out UK | U.S. Embassy London | Association for Citizenship Teaching (ACT) We live in a world where information has a variety of purposes. So how can you identify what each type of information is trying to do? Now more than ever, media literacy (the ability to critically analyse information) is critical for us as citizens and for our democracy to function. This video explains what Information neighbourhoods exist and how to identify them. 
Media Literacy: Implementation Toolkit Year of publication: 2019 Corporate author: Regional Educational Media Center (REMC) Association of Michigan This toolkit has been designed to support educators as they introduce students to the process of finding, organizing, using, producing, evaluating, and distributing information in a variety of media formats.The toolkit contains resources organized into six sections:Organizations Supporting Media Literacy EducationEducator ToolkitsCurriculum ResourcesInteractive Student Apps, Experiences, and ChallengesProfessional Development for Media LiteracyTools to Support Media Literacy 
UNESCO MIL CLICKS Social Media Innovation Year of publication: 2016 Corporate author: UNESCO MIL CLICKS is a way for people to acquire media and information literacy (MIL) competencies in their normal day-to-day use of the Internet and social media and to engage peer education in an atmosphere of browsing, playing, connecting, sharing, and socializing.The acronym MIL CLICKS stands for Media and Information Literacy: Critical-thinking, Creativity, Literacy, Intercultural, Citizenship, Knowledge & Sustainability.The objectives of this social media strategy are to use social media to:1) Expose people to become more media and information literate and to2) Raise awareness about the importance of media and information literacy. 
UNESCO MIL CLICKS: Innover avec les médias sociaux Year of publication: 2016 Corporate author: UNESCO MIL CLICKS permet non seulement aux gens d'acquérir des compétences en matière d'éducation aux médias et à l'information (MIL en anglais) dans leur utilisation quotidienne d'Internet et des médias sociaux mais également d'engager l'éducation par les pairs dans une atmosphère de navigation, de jeu, de connexion, de partage et de socialisation.