Episode 12 In this final episode, highlights from our guest interviews walk listeners through the seven key areas of Learning for Justice’s Digital Literacy Framework. Earn professional development credit for this episode! Fill out a short form featuring an episode-specific question to receive a certificate. Click here! Please note that because Learning for Justice is…

Episode 11 Reflections on how the attention economy affects social media and journalism, with Meredith Broussard, author of Artificial Unintelligence: How Computers Misunderstand the World, and Betsy O’Donovan, assistant professor of journalism at Western Washington University. Earn professional development credit for this episode! Fill out a short form featuring an episode-specific question to receive a certificate.…

Episode 10 Video games in the classroom can help young people learn a wide range of skills. But gaming can also expose them to radical ideologies. We talk about game-based learning with Meenoo Rami, manager for Microsoft’s Minecraft Education. We also explore how educators can counter hateful messages in games with Keegan Hankes from the…

Episode 9 Do you know how to identify fake news? MediaWise’s Katy Byron discusses teaching students how to determine what’s real on the internet, and Professor Gordon Pennycook exposes why people believe things that aren’t true. Earn professional development credit for this episode! Fill out a short form featuring an episode-specific question to receive a…

Episode 8 Your students are likely experiencing the good and the bad of YouTube, one of the world’s most popular online platforms. In this episode, featuring science teacher Alicia Johal and the Daily Beast’s Kelly Weill, we consider both in the classroom context. Earn professional development credit for this episode! Fill out a short form…

Episode 7 Too many schools don’t have librarians, but if yours does and you’re not tapping their expertise to teach digital literacy, you’re making a big mistake. Librarians Julia Torres and Lois Parker-Hennion explain why you need them.  Earn professional development credit for this episode! Fill out a short form featuring an episode-specific question to…

Episode 6 This isn’t partisan; it’s true—hateful ideas from the far right are increasingly becoming mainstream, and they’re spreading via the internet and digital media. Will Sommer and Melissa Ryan explain how it’s happening. Download Transcript Earn professional development credit for this episode! Fill out a short form featuring an episode-specific question to receive a…

Episode 5 Social media sometimes reveals the worst of humanity. But we also see people—especially youth—using it for necessary change. Erica Hodgin and Joe Kahne talk empowerment and civic engagement through digital media.  Download Transcript Earn professional development credit for this episode! Fill out a short form featuring an episode-specific question to receive a certificate.…

Episode 4 Think “digital natives” don’t need digital guidance? Think again. Researcher Sam Wineburg and educator Rafranz Davis bust that myth and discuss ways to help students exercise their power. Download Transcript Earn professional development credit for this episode! Fill out a short form featuring an episode-specific question to receive a certificate. Click here! Please note…

Bonus Episode Where did media literacy even come from, and how are its original aims relevant today? Tessa Jolls, president of the pioneering Center for Media Literacy, breaks it all down in this special episode. Download Transcript Earn professional development credit for this episode! Fill out a short form featuring an episode-specific question to receive…