Teaching Media Literacy with Teaching Tolerance

Event Details:
November 7th, 2:30 PM
Teaching Tolerance
Live on Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/TeachingTolerance.org/

Event Description:
This live event from Teaching Tolerance will offer practical tips for educators hoping to teach or better understand media literacy. Monita Bell and Cory Collins will address common problems in teaching/understanding media literacy—such as educators not being up to date on the current online landscape, or lack of access to technology—and suggest solutions. Solutions will include our new podcast about digital literacy, The Mind Online. They will also include lessons and resources from our Digital Literacy Framework, which includes K-12 materials that can be used with or without technology, and classroom-friendly videos.

Contact Information:
Lindsey Shelton, Marketing Coordinator:  lindsey.shelton@splcenter.org
https://www.tolerance.org/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TeachingTolerance.org/
Twitter: @Tolerance_org, #TeachDigLit
Instagram: @teaching_tolerance, #TeachDigLit

KQED Confirmation Bias Video and Online Discussion

Event Details:
November 5th, 2018
KQED
Online
https://learn.kqed.org/topics/16

Event Description:
Have your students (6th-12th) watch the Above the Noise episode on Confirmation Bias and join the discussion with other students from across the country in KQED Learn. KQED Learn is a free, safe, online space where middle and high school students build essential skills in research, collaboration, data analysis and communication. Sign up as a teacher and register you class to join a discussion. Video description: Confirmation bias wants you to stay in your comfort zone. This cognitive bias causes us to seek out opinions we already agree with and dismiss opposing views–regardless of the facts. Confirmation bias and other cognitive biases are part of being human, but they can also make it hard to keep an open mind. How can we train our brains away from cognitive bias?

Contact Information:
Misty McKinney
mmckinney@kqed.org
https://learn.kqed.org/

Book Discussion “Reclaiming the Conversation: The Power of Talk in a Digital Age”

Event Details:
November 5th, 2018, 9:00 AM
DigiURI Media Club Discussion:
Sherry Turkle’s Book “Reclaiming the Conversation: The Power of Talk in a Digital Age”
Media Education Lab and Project Look Sharp
Online
https://mediaeducationlab.com/digiuri-media-club

Event Description:
Project Look Sharp’s Manager of PD & Promotions, Kelsey Greene, will be facilitating this month’s meeting hosted by the #digiURI Media Club. The event is interactive and open to the public. All are welcome to participate – even if you haven’t read the book!

Contact Information:

https://www.projectlooksharp.org/

Twitter:
#digiURI
@MedEduLab
@ithacalooksharp

Making 360º Media: A Conversation about Immersive Storytelling and Media Literacy

Event Details:
Online at https://global.digitalpromise.org/360-story-lab

Event Description:
During Media Literacy Week, Digital Promise Global’s 360º Story Lab will release the first in a series of Making 360º Media interviews with educators from around the world who are using immersive storytelling techniques to build students’ technology and production skills and develop their ability to identify and understand other perspectives. Alongside the interview series, we’ll share a collection of 360º videos created by young people to inspire positive action on issues they care about.

Digital Promise Global’s Making 360º Media interview series will be posted online on the 360º Story Lab.

Contact Information:
https://global.digitalpromise.org 
Twitter: @global_dp
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DigitalPromiseGlobal/