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FDHS Library News Volume 1 Issue 11

Books & BytesFDHS Library News Volume 1 Issue 11

Tech Tidbit: Are You Teaching Media Literacy?

What is Media Literacy?


According to the Media Literacy Project, media literacy is " the ability to access, analyze, evaluate, and create media."


Why should we teach media literacy?

  • Develop critical thinking skills
  • Understand how media messages shape our culture and society
  • Identify target marketing strategies
  • Recognize what the media maker wants us to believe or do
  • Name the techniques of persuasion used
  • Recognize bias, spin, misinformation, and lies
  • Discover the parts of the story that are not being told
  • Evaluate media messages based on our own experiences, skills, beliefs, and values
  • Create and distribute our own media messages
  • Advocate for media justice


What can you do in the classroom?


There are LOTS of things you can do! Instead of rehashing them all here, I'm going to suggest that you start with MediaSmarts, a Canadian website that has LOTS of good resources.

Featured Titles: 2016-17 Preliminary Gateway Nominees

The Book of Ivy By Amy Engel, Official Book Trailer
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Since You've Been Gone by Morgan Matson

Quiet Emily's sociable and daring best friend, Sloane, has disappeared leaving nothing but a random list of bizarre tasks for her to complete, but with unexpected help from popular classmate Frank Porter, Emily gives them a try.
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Sway by Kat Spears

Jesse Alderman, also known as Sway, avoids emotional connection at all costs, but he's ultimately forced to open his heart when he meets the girl of his dreams.
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The Tyrant's Daughter by J.C. Carleson

Exiled to the United States after her father, a Middle Eastern dictator, is killed in a coup, fifteen-year-old Laila must cope with a completely new way of life, the truth of her father's regime, and her mother and brother's ways of adjusting.

Trivia!

What are the origins of the quote "I'm going to Disneyworld!"?


*Know the answer? Come to the Media Center to claim a prize. :)

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About Us

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Phone: 17470
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