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In some school districts, students have constant access to the digital media world. It is now common for a school district to provide devices for each of their students or for a school district to have a BYOD (bring your own device) policy. Scheibe & Rogow write about the importance to follow through on guidanceContinue reading ““If we want students to use media with a sense of ethics, responsibility, and purpose, we have to teach them how.””

I can honestly say, I probably would never have even noticed it before taking this class. I am an intervention teacher for elementary math, and went into many classrooms last week to take quick benchmark assessments. As I walked around a 5th grade classroom, this poster caught my eye. Ironically enough, I open up weekContinue reading “How do you teach digital and media literacy?”

I tend to look at digital literacy and media literacy as two separate entities that intertwine. After starting my graduate course in this subject, I can see that they coincide with one another and belong together. Digital and media literacy has to be taught. Who’s job is it to teach it? I think it requiresContinue reading “Digital & Media Literacy”