New Media in the Classroom

Frank GallagherDirector, Education & Media Literacy

www.ciconline.org

Who am I? Why am I here?

• Cable in the Classroom is– education foundation of cable industry– free services to schools– advocacy

• visionaryvisionary, sensiblesensible and effectiveeffective use of media for teaching and learning

• media literacy• Leaders in Learning Awards

Admiral James Stockdale

Words or phrases that define your image of

• VISIONARY

• SENSIBLE

• EFFECTIVE

More than the 3 Rs

• Use digital tools safely and effectively

• Think critically

• Know about other countries and cultures

• Participate in learning communities

• Invent, create and design

• Find “wholeness” in a remix world---Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop

What Students Need to Know: 21st Century Skills and ICT

Literacy

The future will demand people who can express themselves effectively with images, animation, sound, and video, solve real world problems that require processing and analysis of thousands of numbers, evaluate information for accuracy, reliability, and validity; and organize information into valuable knowledge, yet students are not learning these skills in school.

www.ciconline.org/weavingaweb

Dan Meyer

• Simple

• Effective

• Shared

• Replicable

http://blog.mrmeyer.com

http://manyvoicesdarfur.blogspot.com/

Lights, Camera, Literacy

Five Ws of Media Literacy

• Who created this?

• What is the message?

• When was this created?

• Why was this created?

• How was this created?

Internet Safety

PointSmart.ClickSafe.

Frank Gallagher

fgallagher@ciconline.org

202-222-2343