Participation Toolkit - U.S. Media Literacy Week

Welcome!

We are thrilled that you have signed up to participate in U.S. Media Literacy Week! We have put together an advocacy toolkit and this webpage to provide individuals and organizations with the resources they need to bring media literacy to their community.

What is Participation?

Participation is simply your commitment to helping increase awareness about media literacy and/or to bring media literacy education to your classroom or community. Levels of participation will vary depending on what types of activities you conduct before and during Media Literacy Week and how much time you have to dedicate to the cause. No level of participation is too small! We know plans change, so even if you signed up to commit to one level of participation, you can still participate as much or as little as you are able. Check out the levels below.

Levels of Participation

Are you ready to get more involved in Media Literacy Week? Awesome! We’ve created four levels of participation to ensure that everyone has the tools they need to engage in Media Literacy Week 2024! Check out the compilation of resources below for:

Supporter
Educator
Creator
Organizer

Just a reminder that we understand plans can change. If you signed up for a specific activity when you registered, you are always welcome to do more or less to participate! Every little bit of support helps!

Getting Started

Creating awareness about media literacy is one of the central goals of Media Literacy Week. Many people might not know what the term “media literacy” means, but more often than not, once they learn about media literacy they become a supporter of this cause.

The easiest way to be a Supporter of Media Literacy Week is to help spread information about Media Literacy Week to your friends, family, neighbors, and colleagues. Take the first step in supporting media literacy by checking out our Advocacy Toolkit. Within the toolkit, there are customizable graphics to showcase your level of participation, standard graphics with Media Literacy Week core messages and theme, and key messages from the National Association for Media Literacy Education (NAMLE). There are also sample posts that are specific to participation level and general posts.

Supporter

Learn About Media Literacy
Are you new to media literacy? Be sure to check out all of the information and resources we have compiled about media literacy to learn about the cause so you can share your knowledge with friends, family, and colleagues!

For Parents
Did you know that NAMLE published a Parents Guide to Media Literacy? Check out the full guide here as well as a list of resources for parents interested in learning more about media literacy at home.

Legislative Support
Do you want to help support media literacy education legislation? As an individual Supporter of Media Literacy Week, you can email or call local/state/national legislators in support of media literacy education. Check out our Legislation page to learn more.

Educator

Media Literacy Week is celebrated by educators in both formal and informal settings across the county every year! Are you an educator who wants to bring media literacy to your classroom and you don’t know where to start? Are you a veteran participant of media literacy week and need fresh ideas for your classroom? We have created a hub of classroom resources for educators, librarians, and practitioners.

Looking for ideas of ways to incorporate media literacy into your lessons? Check out this Padlet with a collection of media literacy resources crowd-sourced by members of the media literacy community! Have a tried-and-true resource you want to share with other educators? Feel free to add it to the Padlet!
Check out our Event + Lessons Ideas hub to find the perfect lesson or activity to do with your students.
Learn about each of the Theme Days so you can incorporate the theme into your lessons each day of the week!

Organizer

Are you interested in hosting an event for others in your school or community?

Check out our Event + Lessons Ideas hub to find different ways you can organize an event in your school or community.
Once you have a date and time for your event, make sure you register your event on the Global Media and Information Literacy Week website to be included with all the other media literacy events happening around the world!
Learn about each of the Theme Days so you can incorporate the theme into your lessons each day of the week!

Creator

Do you create new media literacy resources, lessons, videos, or other content to share with others? Add your resource to our Media Literacy Resource Padlet, which is a free, crowd-sourced collection of media literacy resources for use by anyone interested in sharing content with the community.

Below are tips for helping you create and share your new or existing content with the media literacy community for MLW and beyond:

Check out our Resources hub to get ideas about what you could create to support media literacy education,
Add your resource to the Padlet by clicking here or scanning the QR code to the left,
Share your resource on social media, tag us @MediaLiteracyEd on X (formerly known as Twitter), and use the hashtag #MediaLitWk to make sure it reaches a wide audience!

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