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Chris from Bloomington, IN. Teach world history for private online HS affiliated w/ Indiana Univ. Thankful for getting to see tweeps IRL at #ncss17 week before T-giving. :) #engsschat
Hi there #engsschat -- Andrew, gr.8 SocSt in Massachusetts -- I'll be on and off the chat, but always love to discuss #medialiteracy ... and hang with @historytechie!
A1) Media literacy is being able to question what you are presented in media and evaluate reliability & credibility. Not just believing everything you read/see. #engsschat
Jared Speight, High School Social Studies Teacher in North Carolina
Thankful for these two and that the Panthers didn't lose to the Jets on Sunday #engsschat
A1: #MediaLiteracy is the ability to comprehend multimedia messages we receive each day from a variety of print/non-print texts. It also invovles creating messages, too! #engsschat
Q1: At NewseumED, we marry the analytical aspects – such as separating fact from fiction and identifying bias – with active free expression and productive social engagement #engsschathttps://t.co/xXG6bMlojw
Mary from CO joining #engsschat because you can't keep a librarian away from discussions of media literacy. Tonight and always, I am thankful for ethical journalists.
Yes! The creation piece is so important to include. We are all creators of content, and it is important to be able to send clear and effective messages in such a fast-paced world. #engsschat
A1 if "regular" literacy means ability to decode, comprehend, interpret a text, then Media Literacy means doing that for publicly-produced texts: specific acronyms, other diction choices, audience targeting, etc in the current news landscape #engsschat
A1: At NewseumED, we marry the analytical aspects – such as separating fact from fiction and identifying bias – with active free expression and productive social engagement #engsschathttps://t.co/xXG6bMlojw
A1: I can write my own definition here, but this website has excellent explanation of what #medialiteracy is all about. I like how it included digital citizenship. #engsschathttps://t.co/XLdwtpXl1g
A1: Media literacy means being able to utilize media and evaluate validity of media rather than assuming "since it is on the internet it must be true." #engsschat
A1: #MediaLiteracy is the ability to comprehend multimedia messages we receive each day from a variety of print/non-print texts. It also invovles creating messages, too! #engsschat
A2 - Think of how much media kids consume v. straight text. We spend all kinds of time teaching kids to read text - but not enough on how to read all other kinds of media. #engsschat
A1: Media literacy is the ability to discover, access, evaluate for credibility and objectivity, and comprehend a wide array of authoritative sources to synthesize, and then communicate, your own cohesive view of a topic. #engsschat
A2) B/c the purpose of media is not always to inform or make things more clear. Media literacy should include this awareness & skills to determine who is behind media & why. #engsschat
A2: Messages come in a variety of formats beyond traditional print texts. Being able to discern accurate information from print/non-print texts is crucial for our understanding of the world. #engsschat
A1: To me media literacy is the ability to analyze media, separate fact from opinion, and identify bias. But ML also means having the potential to create. #engsschat
#engsschat is important because students today are living in a 21st century media centered culture therefore media is becoming more and more imortant in the classroom
Yes, and information published on a variety of platforms (including social media) is not always accurate. We need to teach Ss to discern credibility and interpret information accurately. #engsschat
Media literacy helps students to see how they are being manipulated. And helps them to learn to manipulate others -- for good purposes of course. #engsschat
A2: The world is becoming increasingly technological. As a result, the future will need citizens who are media literate to engage and facilitate forward thinking, truthful conversations. #engsschat@ERobbPrincipal
A2: Media literacy enables us to "fend for ourselves" by distilling the truth from a tsunami of conflicting information, and to contribute to the conversation by sharing resources we've vetted as well as our own well-formed viewpoints. #engsschat
YES - like fish in water, our Ss are inundated with media that it's difficult for many of them to recognize quality sources with credible authors.
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A2: Valuable information now comes in the form of documentaries, broadcasts, tweets, and social media quotes. Ss need to understand how to find this information and determine credibility. #engsschat
A2 Ss go to internet for media fun & academic without realizing how it is being used to misinform, opush narratives, and what their responsibility is. #engsschat
A2 Students must have media literacy to know accurate information or at least have the tools to know to be critical of information they receive. #engsschat#SSTmethods
A2 Media literacy is important because the reader must understand the purpose of the media before they can understand anything else. It is extremely easy to manipulate the reader. Literacy must include crap detection tools. #engsschat
A2: Students are exposed to a multitude of media on a daily basis. It is important to teach them media literacy so they are well informed and aware of what they are being exposed too. #engsschat
A2: The First Amendment protects not only good journalism, but also flawed or half-hearted attempts at news. First Amendment media literacy provides a backbone that supports informed decisions about how we wield our freedoms to shape our world. #engsschat
Yes, and it's not all on the first page of Google. Research experts use 5-7 tools to find information on a topic, and navigate directly to familiar sources they know they can trust to cover the topic well. #engsschat
A2: Students are exposed to a multitude of media on a daily basis. It is important to teach them media literacy so they are well informed and aware of what they are being exposed to. #engsschat
A2: The First Amendment protects not only good journalism, but also flawed or half-hearted attempts at news. First Amendment media literacy provides a backbone that supports informed decisions about how we wield our freedoms to shape our world. #engsschat
A2 If I had to draw a picture of media literacy, it would show me crawling on hands and knees through deep mud in a dense jungle while swatting away large, distracting insects. #engsschat
A3: personally, I challenge myself to watch 1 hour of TV from "the other side" at least once a week ... for those who can't devote that time, I suggest Red Feed, Blue Feed: https://t.co/NyyA4c1PfB#engsschat
Google algorithmcan and what links we click on can make our searches a little biased, too. It's important to understand how our searches can impact what we find and read, too. #engsschat
A3) Have Ss explore a topic/event using a tool like @AllSidesNow to see how the same story covered from variety of perspectives. Builds awareness of & exposure to multiple POVs. #engsschat
A3 It may not be possible to get outside the echo chamber. Even if we shut off all devices (TV included) people we interact with will not have done so. The EC will reach us through them. #engsschat
A3: The first step toward knowing you're in an echo chamber is recognizing its effect. Our new activity "Confronting Confirmation Bias" helps your students understand this tendency to cherry pick information. Check it out! https://t.co/oD5XhGdr25#engsschat
A3) Refer to a variety of sources. Focus on listening more than responding. Caveat: If the echo chamber is repeating truth, it helps to have strength in numbers. #engsschat
Q3 confounds me. What "echo chamber?" There's no need to go trolling through the bowels of misinformation. Prioritize the credible narratives, explored as just that -- narratives. #engsschat
A2: The First Amendment protects not only good journalism, but also flawed or half-hearted attempts at news. First Amendment media literacy provides a backbone that supports informed decisions about how we wield our freedoms to shape our world. #engsschat
A2: The First Amendment protects not only good journalism, but also flawed or half-hearted attempts at news. First Amendment media literacy provides a backbone that supports informed decisions about how we wield our freedoms to shape our world. #engsschat
A3: One way to escape the echo chamber is to use "charged" keywords that are likely to produce results that espouse opposing views, i.e. coupling a keyword with "the case against" "benefits of" reasons to support" #engsschat
A3: One way to escape the echo chamber is to use "charged" keywords that are likely to produce results that espouse opposing views, i.e. coupling a keyword with "the case against" "benefits of" reasons to support" #engsschat
A3 I like to have Ss do research that supports the opposite view to their own. Of course, I don't tell then that is what we are doing until AFTER they share their opinion.
Then, we host a Socratic seminar to argue the view they researched. Lots of amazing thinking!
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Q3 confounds me. What "echo chamber?" There's no need to go trolling through the bowels of misinformation. Prioritize the credible narratives, explored as just that -- narratives. #engsschat
A3: Researching something from another perspective. There is no use in looking for ways to prove an opinion is incorrect or wrong; however, viewing the issue from another perspective and having a discussion always promotes growth. If people are willing to do so. #engsschat
Yes, but it offers the other point of view. When I see great reviews for a hotel or restaurant I'm considering, the 1st thing I do is look at the most negative reviews to see if they surface any concerns. #engsschat
A3: personally, I challenge myself to watch 1 hour of TV from "the other side" at least once a week ... for those who can't devote that time, I suggest Red Feed, Blue Feed: https://t.co/NyyA4c1PfB#engsschat
No, I think the echo chamber concept is real today, as it was in 1790s America (for example). Hearing/reading from "the other side" doesn't mean agreement, and you don't need to spend much time ... just treat it like a primary source document! @elizberg2010#engsschat
A3: The #FirstAmendment protects the right to report and publish information, but not every story is worth your text, tweet or share. This infographic will help you find the good stuff and avoid the garbage. #engsschathttps://t.co/DQpuvkyZGY
A3 I think the best way to do this is to simply incorporate more technology into teaching. Then the conversations will occur naturally. In #SHUedtech will learned to incorporate twitter into the classrooms! #engsschat#SSTmethods
A4: Using multiple texts (print/non-print) to teach concepts is so critical. Ss need to be exposed to and be able to analyze arguments presented on many platforms. #engsschat
A3 another way of saying echo chamber is "filter bubble". We need to teach Ss about confirmation bias and building a rich, varied diet of media and news sources. #engsschat
An 8th grader told me he could only find laudatory info about Robert Moses, who oversaw the development of modern NYC infrastructure. We found one article that called him a zealot, so we used that as a search term & found a large number of negative views. #engsschat
A4) The opportunities are there any time you have Ss analyze "traditional" texts. Ask them how they could apply these skills to what they see on the news, social media, newspapers, etc. #engsschat
A4: Integrating media literacy into curriculum can be hard. Use our activities "Fact and Opinion Through History" https://t.co/jTCJJ3xHWd & "Media Mix-Ups Through History" https://t.co/L6wgIwHUru to get your students connecting their lessons to history! #engsschat
A4 we ask the same questions of old sources and/or pieces of literature that we ask of current media - What are they trying to tell us? What are they trying to sell us? What techniques do they use to do this? Works for news or poetry or .... #engsschat
Of course the negative reviews are designed to do just that. They may also be propaganda from the competition, as may the positive reviews may be propaganda too. POV is important, but can be manipulated. #engsschat
A4: As archaic as it might sound, I love teaching the traditional modes of rhetoric (ethos, pathos, logos) and applying it to analyzing advertising. #engsschat
A4 Read an article. Watch a new clip. Ask "How is this piece of news trying to shape your thinking about the world?" do it again and again #engsschat#engchat#sschat
For those who want to better understand the echo chamber, search "Filter Bubble" and watch videos such as this one: https://t.co/pu9bEID3s3 . #engsschat
A4) The simplest answer is by doing...model what Ss should be doing and let them participate. The best way to learn is by hands-on experiences. #engsschat
A4: Use primary sources from multiple perspectives. Last week I did an activity from @StudentsHistory on Dred Scott case. Had articles from SC and NY papers written with vastly different perspectives. Analyzed for bias and compared #engsschat
A3 another way of saying echo chamber is "filter bubble". We need to teach Ss about confirmation bias and building a rich, varied diet of media and news sources. #engsschat
A2 Because young people are easily duped to believe the Earth is flat, Nibiru is going to destroy the Earth, and easily fall for hoaxes and propaganda. We must instill critical information evaluation skills in them #engsschat
A4 jumping in. I like ACAPS. If Primary, can Ss examine the Author, Context, Audience, Purpose? If secondary can the validate the source? Identify author and platform bias? #engsschat
A4: Modeling! I use an article and annotate it with the Ss. I also "think out loud" I say what I think as I annotate/read the article. For example, I will say things like: "Is this fact or opinion?" "I wonder if this article is biased?" "What do they mean here?" #engsschat
A4: This is etched into a wall of Elmina Slave Castle in Ghana. If I taught History, the first class would be devoted solely to a discussion of this quote. #engsschat
A4 Read an article. Watch a new clip. Ask "How is this piece of news trying to shape your thinking about the world?" do it again and again #engsschat#engchat#sschat
That concern over the 'both sides' and false equivalence is valid especially in light of the the latest controversy over softball NYT Nazis piece #engsschat
A5 Same as with other media forms - What is the artist trying to tell us? What techniques do they use to do that? This Rockwell is a good place to start. Ask students to support their message claim with evidence from the painting #engsschat
A4: Modeling! I use an article and annotate it with the Ss. I also "think out loud" I say what I think as I annotate/read the article. For example, I will say things like: "Is this fact or opinion?" "I wonder if this article is biased?" "What do they mean here?" #engsschat
A4: I shared my views & some resources for teaching what I called "The fragile truth of history" in this post; it applies to current events as well. https://t.co/zCkfdKt4Sr#engsschat
I'm with you on this, Jeremy - feels like the normalization of extremism. I do not want to be encouraged to "listen" to someone denying the humanity of others #engsschat
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@JeremyDBond, @flipping_A_tchr, @elizberg2010
A5 Our visual perception evolved to help us survive, not to present us an accurate depiction of the world outside our minds. See https://t.co/2yidUsvXkT#engsschat
A5) In learning how to do visual literacy, start with small chunks and build up. Engage students in the "forensic science" of examination to learn how to examine the larger picture. #engsschat
A5) You can’t always believe what you see with your own two eyes. Images can be manipulated, of course, but they’re also always open to interpretation. #engsschat
A4: Teach students the difference between reputable media sources and bias propaganda. Help them see facts are not right or left leaning. A thesis must be corroborated by evidence, not agenda. #engsschat
A5: The first concept is skepticism. Kids understand that photos can be photo-shopped. Show them famous cases of Stalin & others repeatedly changing photographs over time. https://t.co/FaZNH8aYwk#engsschat
A5: I don't think the basics are any different. Must know biases of creator and purpose of the work. Symbolism is big for political cartoons, but that's true for text as well #engsschat
A5: I didn’t really understand the power of fonts until I became a yearbook adviser, but now it’s something I stress when engaging a text. Fonts are powerful drivers of emotion.
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A5: The first concept is skepticism. Kids understand that photos can be photo-shopped. Show them famous cases of Stalin & others repeatedly changing photographs over time. https://t.co/FaZNH8aYwk#engsschat
A5. This feels so relevant to the "Instagram culture" of our Ss - visual literacy is critically important (& how visuals are used- to what end) #engsschat
Great point, @darrenhause I reckon that could go for images, too. Photographers are key in telling the story and providing unique perspectives #engsschat
A5: Students must understand that images play a role in shaping history and that images must be preserved to ensure history doesn't repeat itself! #SSTmethods#engsschat
I also wonder why the media so often prioritizes “objectivity”—which presumably requires more than one side—over simply reporting truth. Asking as a journalism grad and a concerned citizen. #engsschat@elizberg2010
A5: Essential to take apart the notion that images are objective, true, real. Must understand & reveal the image as (literally!) a point of view. Teach "Migrant Mother," for example. #engsschat
Reverse image searching and a little digging are a must with how easy it is to Photoshop pictures. Seeing things like this over and over again gets old #engsschat
We can draw the line wherever we want, but I feel like this falls under the category of "keep your friends close and your enemies closer" ... I read & use & teach with pieces from slaveowners like John C Calhoun, but that doesn't condone their beliefs #engsschat
In reply to
@ChristieNold, @JeremyDBond, @elizberg2010
MEDIA LITERACY: This @WashingtonPost video is a really great example of the professionalism, care and diligence that goes into real reporting https://t.co/8izvVchdHY
The truth is not always in the middle. But it's hard to find it without considering what others have to say, even if in the end you disagree with it. So many in the political class were tone deaf to the anger of the working class in the UK and US in 2016 elections. #engsschat
Good point on music literacy. Additionally, have students examine lyrics about people and events for what the authors are trying to portray. #engsschat
A5 Images are processed by the brain 60,000 x faster than text. We need to know what to look for, and it needs to be quick. #engsschathttps://t.co/MeG49e1jua
A4 - Check out our Civil Rights Movement map that shows how geography, social and political values, economics and history affected press reports of the same events. #engsschathttps://t.co/jfWjEbxH1B
A5) Students are visual learners, so many students need the visual representations to be better able to understand the written representation. #engsschat
A6: Educators are responsible for more than teaching media literacy--they must be media literate themselves by regularly using tech tools and modeling their effective use. #engsschat
A6: Like so many skills required to stay on top of our game, having a flourishing PLN is so critical for maintaining adaptability and awareness.
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Yes and yes. For some issues like slavery & the Holocaust, there is no "middle ground". However, the perspective of slaveowners & Nazis still exist [<--present-tense] #engsschat
A6a) I would encourage Ts of all subjects to read @samwineburg & Sarah McGrew article on what fact checkers do differently than historians & Ss that can be downloaded here: https://t.co/PI8zUdnb0f#engsschat
It seems that even things like CNN 10 have been making more statements about being down the middle in the age of @realDonaldTrump decrying them as fake news #engsschat
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@JeremyDBond, @elizberg2010, @realDonaldTrump
We should guard against the It's all lies problem. The media provides a essential service in a democracy. Ask students to research Pulitzer Prize winners to see just how important. https://t.co/xHrXaIKJFb#engsschat
A6 I think if we train Ss to ask Questions first, then it doesn't matter how media evolves. Ss will have developed the questioning skills to discern truth #sschat#engsschat
A6 - We offer FREE in-person & virtual #medialiteracy programs, including "Fighting Fake News: How to Outsmart Trolls and Troublemakers" for students & "Who's Afraid of Fake News? Responding to Misleading Media" for teachers. https://t.co/edWnLLJJ1s#engsschat
A6: Reading all types of texts, watching the news, exploring videos/Ted Talks/documentarities, and reaching out to others - are all ways to stay up-to-date and connected! This one definitely takes a #PLN! #engsschat
It would seem a valuable learning activity to consider those who have victimized others & question what they were reading/hearing that led them to believe they were on the right side of history. #engsschat
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@ChristieNold, @JeremyDBond, @flipping_A_tchr, @elizberg2010
You need to read Everybody Lies. Yes, race rarely came up except in the big data. Google anonomyzed for the swing states Trump won show incredible racism. https://t.co/LVpHyMnPsr#engsschat
Students wrote a letter to the editor to one of the sources in sorry of or opposed to the original article. They had a good grasp on it. In the past when that's not been the case we discuss in more detail #engsschat
A6B: We need to engage with the Media! We need to talk about how we determine credibility, what we see on our social media feeds, and what we read so that they begin to understand how to discern media messages #engsschat
A6 We have to make sure we're not insulated into our own cozy little filter bubble and that we're on top of the trends. @TheNewsLP has a weekly mewsltter called The Sift that helps with this https://t.co/gMDUJwE9KF#engsschat
A5 In Advocacy Through H@ndles, students use visual and verbal persuasion techniques to remix historical artifacts and advocate for a cause. #engsschathttps://t.co/jy0LdUqCAP
I wouldn't say to not consider the other side, but history is about finding evidence, IDing bias, corroborating sources. Its also about asking and answering Qs. For ex, your framing 2016 is a question that implies populism but Trump voters were pretty wealthy. #engsschat
I'm not trying to be obtuse or difficult (and I know I am writing as a white male), but I don't see how those 2 terms are mutually exclusive #engsschat
Yes their are Nazis, yes there are white supremacists - do their voices belong in my classroom? No. Not except to unequivocally disavow them. #engsschat
It would seem a valuable learning activity to consider those who have victimized others & question what they were reading/hearing that led them to believe they were on the right side of history. #engsschat
In reply to
@ChristieNold, @JeremyDBond, @flipping_A_tchr, @elizberg2010
If you haven't seen it #engsschat@TheNewsLP has a free, comprehensive resource called the checkology® virtual classroom for bringing #newsliteracy into your classroom with interactive, engaging learning activities. https://t.co/wMJUVifhSi
@markemoran and other Ts, what kinds of barriers do you see when trying to teach #MediaLiteracy? What kinds of resources would you like to see in your classrooms? Tweet @NewseumED and let us know how we can help! #engsschat
I teach 1750s-1860s US history, so I haven't grappled with the Nazi issue directly ... but slavery is obviously a major topic of this course. I do not present Calhoun's or similar texts as a 'debatable viewpoint'. #engsschat
It is important to teach the "perspective", not to normalize it, but to explain how these things happen. How else will we recognize it when we see it today? #engsschat
In reply to
@flipping_A_tchr, @ChristieNold, @elizberg2010
What purpose would this serve except to normalize & explain? I'll leave that to prosecutors - my work is to educate toward empathy & liberation #engsschat
In reply to
@jcaseydesign, @JeremyDBond, @flipping_A_tchr, @elizberg2010
If @NewseumED was a person, I'd marry them! Love your stuff - always so good. Advocacy Through H@ndles was new to me. Thx for sharing! #sschat#engsschat
A7: I love this Chipotle ad that is broken down by Funny or Die! It's a good reminder that advertising / media messages can be designed to be misleading: https://t.co/GxMzMuCt4h#engsschat
I don't think my Ss (in particular my SOC) need me to bring in the voices of supremacists & Nazis for them to "recognize" or know right from wrong #engsschat
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@GeoJo22, @flipping_A_tchr, @elizberg2010
Our “Is This Story Share-Worthy?” infographic helps Ss gauge the value of a news story and weigh what they should do with it. It covers bias, news/opinion, facts and more. #engsschat
I think it's vital to teach these perspectives so students can see what lies at the end of dark paths. I would never teach them as equitable opinions, more as warnings from the past #engsschat
In reply to
@ChristieNold, @elizberg2010, @flipping_A_tchr
A5: This image of kids on their smart phones while sitting near a Rembrandt, and the ensuing commentary, is insightful and highly relevant to students. https://t.co/hqtJdro9wx#engsschat
