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=Teaching Media Literacy in the Secondary School.= Ashland Public Schools Professional Development 2012

Dolores Frazer Facilitator

In this session, we will compare three types of blogging sites-- Wikispaces, Moodle, and Edmodo-- and learn how to set each one up.
 * Session 1: Social Media (January 9, 2012)**

The assignment will be to read and respond to the following articles from //Educational Leadership//, March 2009, Volume 66, No. 6: [|Cyberbulling: A Legal Review], [|Becoming Network Wise], and [|R U Safe:]


 * What do you see as the greatest benefits of the new Web 2.0 technologies? How have you used technology to transform your teaching?
 * On the flip side, what do see as the greatest pitfalls of the new media? What might educators do to mitigate some of these problems?
 * What do you think educators most need to know to navigate the new digital landscape? What technological skills are necessary? How can teachers build the skills and knowledge

Participants will also create a Wikispaces account and possibly post an assignment for their students.

Participants will learn strategies to help students determine the quality of online sources, read for information, and cite online documents. The assignment will be to read and respond to the following articles from //Educational Leadership//, March 2009, Volume 66, No. 6 [|The Best of Both Literacies], [|Stepping Beyond Wikipedia], [|Plagiarism in the Internet Age]
 * Session 2: On-line Reading Comprehension (January 31, 2012)**

**Session 3: Teaching Media Literacy (February 14, 2012) ** Students will present their experiences with Social Media and Online Reading Comprehension. Participants will be presented with tools for students to use to create multi-media presentations such as //Animoto// and we will brainstorm possible uses for the iPad in teh classroom. Use the Session 3 Page for comments or questions you have while you are preparing your practicing with creating and using your Wiki.
 * How has the easy availability of online information changed how your students do research? For example, do you see more plagiarism today than in the past? Do you find that students are able to access more useful information? Or they just finding more information, instead of better information?
 * What is your attitude toward Wikipedia? Do you allow students to cite it in their research? What guidance should teachers offer to ensure that students are getting accurate information from Wikipedia and other sites?