We Hear You: By Students For Students

Event Details:
Friday, November 9th, 11:30AM
Cedar Ridge High School
Facebook Live
Hillsborough, NC 27278

Event Description:
Students will produce short segments which examine issues of media literacy that they are passionate about. They will complete online forms ahead of time in order to design topics and create production teams. They will create short videos about their topics. We will also have a table set up to shoot person-on-the-street style interviews. All of this will be live-streamed on Facebook.

Contact Information:
Andrea DeGette
Videography Club
andrea.degette@orange.k12.nc.us

Posting Politics: Social Media Democracy with Teens

Event Details:
I AM not the MEdia, Inc.
November 9th, 11:00 AM
Vance High School
www.iamnotthemedia.org

Event Description:
In this 1 hour workshop teens will learn how to become digital citizens in the online environment and the impact of posting misinformation in the social media world. Teens will learn how to determine fake news and learn how to report inaccurate content online.

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

Pop-up Media Literacy Interviews

Event Details:
Monday, November 5th
Saint Vincent College Campus
Various locations
Latrobe, PA 15650
http://www.stvincent.edu/academics/majors-and-programs/communication

Event Description:
A team of three undergraduate students will be conducting and filming interviews throughout Media Literacy Week across Saint Vincent College’s campus. The interviewing team will appear at random times at different locations on campus asking students about their media use, understanding of media literacy, and other probing questions to encourage students to think more critically about their media use.

Contact Information:
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I Robots

Event Details:
Wednesday, November 7th, 12:30PM
Saint Vincent College Campus
Prep Hall
Latrobe, PA 15650
http://www.stvincent.edu/academics/majors-and-programs/communication

Event Description:
Screening of a film by a group of undergraduate students in the CA 271 Media Literacy course. This student-filmed documentary follows six college students who attempt to fast from their mobile devices and social media. The film explores these individuals’ reactions to the fast and their personal observations about media use and media literacy.

Contact Information:
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