+ Focusing on Civics/Citizenship/Ne ws Literacy December 2, 2010.
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Transcript of + Focusing on Civics/Citizenship/Ne ws Literacy December 2, 2010.
+Not Just Civics
Students think civics is government or history which equals boring to them.
Citizenship Taking action Making a difference Exercising your freedom
News Literacy Investigating Finding the truth Reporting
+Putting a Face to an Idea
“Changing lives, one game at a time.”
Rights for Handicapped Individuals--Interview Mrs. Markley
How could her story be a game?
+Becoming an Investigator
Default should be all news/data is false
Learn to investigate to proof correct Print Photography Video
+Center for News Literacy
http://www.stonybrook.edu/journalism/newsliteracy/index.html
Summer Institute at Stony Brook University (for secondary teachers)
http://www.newsu.org/ (Video clips shown on NewsU are operating under Fair Use and most of the NewsU modules are free) Teachers and students can sign up for free accounts
+New Terms
Echo Chamber-people tend to find information that reflects (or echoes) their own beliefs
Ethical Protocol—no set rules but guidelines to follow for investigating and reporting information
News Literacy—The ability to sort fact from fiction
News literacy is a part of citizenship. Students make decisions, take action, and make judgments.
Consumers of News—News has become a business and individuals are consumers/buyers of their product
News consumers—readers/viewers must be vigilant, motivated, skeptical, well-informed, look for hidden agendas, be responsible, think critically and look at a variety of sources
+Exploring how STEM can be Civic
Local Issues People of West Virginia—
public assistance, lower class, middle class, upper class, retirees
Windmills Coal mining Lumber industry Tourism
National Issues Stem Cell Research Border Patrol Health Care Unemployment Gun control
Global Issues Climate Change Wars/Conflicts Poverty