Media and Information Literacy Week

Event Details:
November 5th, 11:00 AM
Red Rocks Community College
Lakewood, Colorado
http://www.rrcc.edu

Event Description:
The library would like to reserve a table on the bridge for the week of November 5th to promote UNESCO’s Media and Information Literacy Week, a week of learning about the social and political implications of media and how to find, critically evaluate, and responsibly create various types of media.

Contact Information:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RRCCLibraryServices/

Critical Lenses Online Exhibit Launch

Event Details:
I AM not the MEdia, Inc.
Critical Lenses online exhibit launch
Charlotte, NC
November 6th, 2018
www.criticallenses.com

Event Description:
The Critical Lenses Online Exhibit launches on November 6th 2017 to showcase the work of teens in Media Literacy Education!

Exhibit is created by teens in the I AM not the MEdia, Inc. program!

Contact Information:
Jimmeka Anderson, jimmeka@iamnotthemedia.org
Twitter:@iamnotthemedia

Making 360º Media: A Conversation about Immersive Storytelling and Media Literacy

Event Details:
Online at https://global.digitalpromise.org/360-story-lab

Event Description:
During Media Literacy Week, Digital Promise Global’s 360º Story Lab will release the first in a series of Making 360º Media interviews with educators from around the world who are using immersive storytelling techniques to build students’ technology and production skills and develop their ability to identify and understand other perspectives. Alongside the interview series, we’ll share a collection of 360º videos created by young people to inspire positive action on issues they care about.

Digital Promise Global’s Making 360º Media interview series will be posted online on the 360º Story Lab.

Contact Information:
https://global.digitalpromise.org 
Twitter: @global_dp
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DigitalPromiseGlobal/

 

How Media Literacy Makes the News Media Better at Their Jobs

Event Details:
PSB NewsHour Extra
Online
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/

Event Description:
Each day of Media Literacy Week, PBS NewsHour Extra’s daily news stories will include a student-produced video from Student Reporting Labs’ “Misinformation Overload” series and a special #MediaLit activity that asks students to share honest feedback about the PBS news story they just viewed.

Contact Information:
Victoria Pasquantonio
Education Producer
PBS NewsHour
vpasquantonio@newshour.org
https://srlmisinformationoverload.tumblr.com/

Twitter:
@NewsHourExtra
@ReportingLabs