Virtual event - U.S. Media Literacy Week

Thomson Reuters Media Literacy Contest

We live in an increasingly digital world – media is no longer just information we see or hear from journalists. Anyone has the ability to create and disseminate content, but it is not always done in a responsible or professional manner. Critical thinking and media literacy are key skills that are needed in today’s world. This year, we are asking students in the U.S. and Canada:

“How do you use media literacy skills when creating and sharing media?”

Students are invited to share their thoughts with us via video submission. We encourage teachers to leverage the resources we’ve created to present this
as a learning opportunity in their classrooms.

When: The deadline for submission is October 7, 2022 at 5pm ET.

Who: The contest is open to middle and high school students from the United States and Canada.

Prizes: Up to five (5) students will be selected from this contest to receive a virtual mentorship opportunity with a Reuters journalist.

Truth, Reason and Critical Thinking: Resources for Integrating Media Analysis for Grades 5-12

Project Look Sharp’s Director of Curriculum and Staff Development, Chris Sperry, will give an overview of free resources – including hundreds of lessons – for teaching about sourcing, accuracy and bias in media messages. Project Look Sharp’s Constructivist Media Decoding approach integrates inquiry-based, student-centered, curriculum-driven media analysis for teaching core subject area content and habits of questioning.

Outside the Frame: Teaching Media Literacy Through Film

To complement the Media Literacy Week Film Festival, Kendra Hodgson of Women Make Movies and Alexandra Peterson of Media Education Foundation will show clips from the week’s available films and discuss how to incorporate documentaries into your classroom as vehicles to explore key media literacy concepts.

Teaching about Mis/Disinformation in Early Elementary Grades Using Constructivist Media Decoding

How can we introduce in grades K-3 the type of deep questioning and critical thinking skills necessary for all students to evaluate the media messages they see, read and hear in today’s world? Highlighting dozens of free lessons from Project Look Sharp that use the kinds of media children already have in their lives (food packages, movies, YouTube videos, etc.), this highly interactive presentation will demonstrate how inquiry-based, student-centered, curriculum-driven media analysis can engage even the youngest students in questions about what’s true and what’s not.