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Because News Matters: A News Literacy Summit, Sept. 14-15, 2014, Chicago, IL #nlsummit
Funded by the Robert R. McCormick Foundation, Coordinated by The Poynter Institute
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Day One of the News Literacy Summit kicks off with sessions on how news literacy is making a difference, student voices on what they’ve learned from news literacy programs, and discussion of key issues in news literacy, including embedding news literacy curriculum in schools, sharing best practices and more.
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David Hiller, pres. & CEO of the McCormick Foundation, welcomes guests to the News Literacy Summit. #nlsp· -
About 100 participants attending – incredible diverse collection of professionals, educators, innovators engaging in discussion.
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McCormick Fdn journalism chief Clark Bell says long-term goal is to embed news lit programs in school systems.
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. of Poynter Inst says there’s a “firehose” of information coming at us all day long.
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Next up is a panel of students sharing their thoughts on what news is, why it matters and why we’re here. It’s moderated by Tim Franklin, President, Poynter Institute for Media Studies.
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Appropriate and refreshing to start the with insights from young people· -
Insights from student panel…Most agree that “news find me.” Mobile notifications are ubiquitous.
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Powerful to hear how news literacy classes changed these students’ views of news . From credulous/passive to discerning/eager.
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For another student, Michael Brown autopsy report was key piece of documentation for forming his opinion about
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Next, a view from the field: Four perspectives on how news and information literacy can make a difference…
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Former LATimes Editor John Carroll is talking about news literacy and democracy at the .· -
Judy Moore, teacher in DC public HS: Urban students feel disconnected from news. Yet jour classes gone as “all goes STEM”.
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Love it! “It’s Educational Malpractice to not have a media program in all public schools.”
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Engaging speaker and award-winning superintendent Dr Mark Edwards – he calls it information literacy and not
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We wanted students to be ready for their future, not our past. — Mark Edwards, Superintendent, who ditched textbooks for laptops.
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Stony Brook News Lit Center Dean Howie Schneider says news lit course satisfies a graduation requirement at SUNY school.
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Schneider: university scholars & former journalists need to cultivate mutual respect & collaboration #nlsummi
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Schneider: Journalists don’t know everything about ; there must be pedagogical focus as well.
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Next up, discussion of the summit’s key issue No. 1: What does it mean to be “news literate” and how do we measure it? What are the foundational assumptions, values and “enduring understandings” of news literacy? How can a teacher define the learning objectives for news literacy and then assess student progress? How do you measure news literacy? Moderated by Paul Mihailidis, Emerson College, and Diana Hess, the Spencer Foundation, with discussion
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Why call it ? Maybe it should be called “education,” because news/info awarenesses are crucial to all learning.
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Is news literacy foundational and media literacy experiential?
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Foundational approach to NL: Assumes that awareness and exposure are most important steps toward .·
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Experiential approach: Assumes that as active citizens, you have the obligation to respond to news media when they miss the mark.·
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Hess: I’d be surprised if there isn’t a huge relationship betwn the social class of students & the quality of NL they’re receiving
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“If yth don’t see themselves reflected in news they encounter, news will not become relevant to them.” Amen. Needs more focus.
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Afternoon sessions focused on best practices, curriculum and demonstrating what works.
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. chief has created a daily news ap for elementary schoolers.
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An activity that engages children in selecting news stories could introduce concepts like audience & news values #nls
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Members of the summit voting for the next world news story. Well done!· -
Dean Miller – should teach teachers from all levels, together; elementary sch teachers can teach circles around college profs
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Best practice: Empower students to practice by creating news/ info + engaging with journos
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Deanna McLeary: Get PROOF (pinpoint source, research, observe, omit bad info, form your opinion) campaign.· -
Get Proof! Pinpoint the source, research credibility, observe bias, omit bad information and form your own opinion.·
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Parody is a great tool when the kids are creating it: requires reflective thought and understanding leading to application
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“: Deception News Network by http://ow.ly/BuccC is getting kids involved in ”
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The Get PROOF video is effective because of the quality of the script. Script + story board production is active literacy.
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Dan Cogan-Drew shares as many as 20 million students not reading at grade level.· -
. offers 5 versions of same story—for 5 different reading levels. What if all news orgs thought about audiences like this?
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‘s use of Pinterest to create topic-driven discussion boards for Ss is a smart feature
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The marvelous is using a modified fishbowl technique to model how audience demos affect news values
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: Solution, use media & content they are more familiar with… Winfield used twitter, & Chief Keef to teach #newslit
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I wish educational policymakers were here at the because it’s not news/media/info literacy. It’s EDUCATION in the 21st century!!!
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Having a moment of dissonance – such strong advocacy for aspects of the common core that are completely ignored by the assessments·
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On to key issue No. 2: How can we embed news literacy in school curricula? How can we work with math language arts, social studies, media specialists, curriculum leaders and others to ensure that the basic skills of news literacy become a part of what’s taught and assessed in classrooms? Moderated by Geanne Rosenberg, Baruch College/Harnisch Journalism Projects.
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is crucial, but the trick is finding a way to incorporate it in school curriculum.
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Distributed leadership is critical to building momentum for innovation in education
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News Literacy IS Common Core –offers teacher training, prof development, course materials, textbooks, new curricula·
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See page 7 of common core ELA. Great overview of CCSS goals.· -
President of adds her voice of support for teaching : http://www.socialstudies.org/c3·
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That’s how you spell “reliable.” Thanks! Willamena Qatanani·
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Last issue of the day (key issue No. 3) How do you teach news literacy? Mark Schulte Pulitzer Center, and Renee Hobbs, University of Rhode Island, lead summit participants through a reflection exercise to share best practices, challenges and solutions to teaching news literacy.
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Participants writing why we are here: https://todaysmeet.com/News-Literacy
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“I like… I wish… I wonder… I worry…”· -
shares her freewrite: “I wonder: How students can
become sources of information. I wonder how we can teach about sponsored
content, content marketing and native advertising. I’m wondering why we’re not
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I believe students create more effective, higher quality information when they first know how to identify & consume it #NLs
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Great first day at in Chicago, but the real work comes Monday.
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And don’t forget to take the News Literacy Pledge!
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Take the pledge. Here’s how: http://www.whynewsmatters.org/2014/09/take-the-news-literacy-pledge/ …·
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Take the News Literacy Pledge!·
Read “Day Two Recap: Because News Matters News Literacy Summit.”
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