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Questions from "Recut, Reframe, Recycle"

Read "Recut, Reframe, Recycle: Quoting Copyrighted Material in User-Generated Video." What questions and/or concerns do you have regarding your own use or student use of materials?

Answering "The Seven Great Debates in the Media Literacy Movement"

Read "The Seven Great Debates in the Media Literacy Movement," by Renee Hobbs. Answer "yes" or "no" to the seven questions. Provide one or two sentence reasoning for your answer. *replace "K-12" with "higher education" We will compare and contrast answers among group participants and institute leaders.

Reflections on Media Literacy in Higher Education

After reading the article "Media Literacy in Higher Education," by Jennifer Fleming, think about the different definitions of media literacy. Also, consider her example of implementing media literacy in the classroom.

Respond to the following questions by commenting on this blog post. Feel free to comment on the response of your fellow institute attendees.

Going by one of the many definitions of media literacy presented in the article, do you currently implement media literacy in your classroom? If so, in what context? If not, how do you think you could encourage media literacy in your course?

Media Literacy on Wikipedia

If you Googled "Media Literacy" then you surely saw the wikipedia "Media Literacy" entry. I think this entry does a great job providing an overview of the evolution of this topic abroad and in the USA. Also, follow the links to the universities and colleges in the United States mentioned in the article. Viewing these resources will help you understand the similarities and difference between the BCCC Media Literacy initiative and other United States higher education institutions.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_literacy

Have you Googled "Media Literacy?"

Try Googeling "media literacy" (the quotes run the search for the entire phrase). Try Googeling "media literacy" AND "higher education." What do you find?