Courses
Choose between self-paced and instructor-led online learning experiences designed to provide in-depth knowledge and support for successfullly embedding media and digital literacy practices into core curriculum.
Foundations of Media Literacy Course
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This course aims to provide a pedagogical framework for helping K-12 educators teach students how to analyze, interpret and evaluate a variety of media texts.
It’s designed for teachers looking to understand the foundational concepts of media literacy education and includes media examples ranging from silly to more serious.
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Takeaways
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Access to a toolkit for foundational media literacy concepts
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An improved ability to deconstruct media messages
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A pedagogical framework to analyze, interpret and evaluate a variety of media texts
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Reach out to discuss how this course specifically applies to your school, students interests and teacher’s needs.
Finding Reliable Sources
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This course aims to provide you ways to help students internalize the process so that it becomes a habit to find reliable information online.
It’s designed for 3-12 grade classroom educators looking to understand how to help students find and judge reliable, valid information for credible sources. It is a beginner course to help teachers facilitate students to build habits through taking certain steps when online.
Takeaways
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Explore some of the ways to understand whether an online source is reliable, credible and valid
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Engage with exercises that will build analytical habits in your students
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Develop and curate activities, resources, and tools to use in your classroom routines and projects
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Reach out to discuss how this course specifically applies to your school, students interests and teacher’s needs.
Media Making in the Classroom Course
This course applies tools for collaboration in teaching and for student learning. Teachers strengthen their digital literacy in video, audio, graphics, and planning for integrating into classroom content. Participants master one tool per module to strengthen their media-making skills to use for student-assigned projects.
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It’s designed for K-12 classroom and higher learning educators looking to implement media in instruction and student projects in the classroom. It can also be for educators and administrators who need to learn digital communication tools for the work environment to communicate with better flow.
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Takeaways
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Plan and stay organized for media production projects.
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Choose the best tools for communication, collaboration and student learning.
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Make visuals, record audio and video to enhance instruction and learning.
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Design a lesson incorporating media in the curriculum.
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Reach out to discuss how this course specifically applies to your school, students interests and teacher’s needs.
The Learning
“Support from MSC cohort acted as a lifeboat to keep me afloat. Week after week, MSC gave me tech-focused PD through webinars, personal feedback and opportunities to collaborate with New Mexico teachers."
— Moses Allen, English Language Arts Teacher
Teachers Transform Program Participant
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Cien Aguas International School