Journalist

Researcher and Lecturer

University of Lisbon

"My last project, called 'Digital Citizenship Education for Democratic Participation in Odivelas' (2015-2018) in Lisbon, Portugal, centered on empowering children (aged 3 to 9) in three related contexts (family, school and community), in order to empower them as active and effective citizens in the digital age. Funded by the Science and Technology Portuguese Foundation, it started with training 25 Preschool and Primary school teachers that organized a set of pedagogical activities they conducted in classrooms involving their pupils. Data was collected from teachers, 38 of their pupils, and their parents. Then, an intervention plan was set up involving 10 teachers, approximately 200 students and their parents, as well as the local government, Health Services, Social Services, and other entities from the local community. All of them participated in several activities focused on Media Literacy and on Digital Citizenship such as a school newspaper, tackling school violence, discussing digital citizenship, STEM and citizenship, a TV week, etc. "  [ read more ]

Reuters Institute Report: Social Media Use and News Literacy

According to the Reuters Digital News Report 2018, the way you interact with news stories on social media may be predictive of your level of news literacy. The report finds that users with high media literacy consider the brand, the headline, and the person who shared the story, while users with lower news literacy levels rely more heavily on the number of shares or likes.  [ read now ]

Wise Special Issue: Media Literacy

in the Digital Age  

The Qatar Foundation's WISE ed.review published an issue dedicated entirely to media literacy. The issue, titled "Special Focus: Is Media Literacy a Prerequisite in the Digital Age?" includes a collection of articles such as "What is Media Literacy and How Should We Teach it" by Tessa Jolls, and others which focus on digital citizenship, creativity in media use, disinformation, the attention economy, and issues relevant to diverse populations. [ read now]

 

K-8 Digital Literacy Teacher Training

Teach Away and Teachers College at Columbia University have reduced the price of their Digital Learning for the K-8 Classroom course from $595 to $395. With an emphasis on current theory and research in digital learning as it applies to the K-8 classroom, teachers in this course will refresh and expand their understanding of digital literacies. Educators will learn how to 

evaluate digital tools and technology and their relevancy in the K-8 classroom, incorporate digital tools and technology into their curriculum in useful and creative ways, and build lesson plans. 

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Spoof Film Highlights Needs for Online Safety for Kids

Consumers International has created a 60-second spoof advert 'Huggy Bug Your Family', highlighting some of the problems found in internet-connected children's products. The film was launched at the G20 Consumer Summit in Buenos Aires on 15 May, co-hosted by Consumers International and the Argentinian National Directorate of Consumer Defence.

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Strategies for Video Comprehension

Founder and Director of TeachThought, Terry Heick, provides the framework for using 40 different comprehension strategies for decoding videos. The viewing comprehension strategies are organized in a Before-During-After structure, much like traditional reading strategies and each category has four anchor strategies, or "thinking templates," that can be used in multiple contexts and combinations. 

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