News-o-matic: An app that’s also a news literacy teaching tool
October 16, 2014
Why News Matters interviews Russell Kahn of News-o-matic about the app that gets young readers to understand global news. This interactive news literacy app allows young people to discover and share their own voices and has features for kids to comment on and rate the news. Do you have a favorite news literacy [...]
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How to integrate news literacy into school curriculum
October 8, 2014
Why News Matters caught up with Paul Baumann of the National Center for Learning and Civic Engagement at last month’s Because News Matters news literacy conference. In this video, Baumann discusses the importance of working through existing instructional and Common Core standards to integrate news literacy education in school curriculum.
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New Digital Resource Center to provide news literacy resources and curriculum
September 25, 2014
Why News Matters caught up with Rory O’Connor, Director of the Digital Resource Center at Stony Brook University’s Center for News Literacy, at the recent Because News Matters news literacy summit in Chicago. O’Connor discusses how a new online resource hub will deliver news literacy teaching materials at any grade level, anywhere in the [...]
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Day One Recap: Because News Matters News Literacy Summit
September 16, 2014
Storify by Why News Matters Mon, Sep 15 2014 12:56:53 Edit 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 Day One of the News Literacy Summit kicks off with sessions on how news literacy is making a [...]
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Day Two Recap: Because News Matters: News Literacy Summit
September 16, 2014
Storify by Mon, Sep 15 2014 22:12:34 The second day of the Because News Matters News Literacy Summit covers the final issue area (Technology, Disruption and the Future of News Literacy) and features small group discussions around the challenges, problems and recommendations for scaling news literacy. Lots of interesting discussion about the need / challenges [...]
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