Teaching Media Literacy: Empowering Student Fact-Checkers - Graduate Course
On average, the U.S. teen (13-18) spends over seven hours each day consuming media (New York Times). With constant messages on mediums ranging from TV news to social media to political ads to video games, it is more crucial than ever that our students learn some simple, concrete fact-checking skills to help them confidently evaluate and analyze these messages. In this course, educators will:
Explore the what and the why of media literacy
Evaluate various media literacy teaching methods
Develop a media literacy lesson and project that can be used in the classroom tomorrow!
Successful Completion of this course will result in 3 Graduate Credits from CSU Pueblo.
You will receive an email with access to course materials after your register.
On average, the U.S. teen (13-18) spends over seven hours each day consuming media (New York Times). With constant messages on mediums ranging from TV news to social media to political ads to video games, it is more crucial than ever that our students learn some simple, concrete fact-checking skills to help them confidently evaluate and analyze these messages. In this course, educators will:
Explore the what and the why of media literacy
Evaluate various media literacy teaching methods
Develop a media literacy lesson and project that can be used in the classroom tomorrow!
Successful Completion of this course will result in 3 Graduate Credits from CSU Pueblo.
You will receive an email with access to course materials after your register.
On average, the U.S. teen (13-18) spends over seven hours each day consuming media (New York Times). With constant messages on mediums ranging from TV news to social media to political ads to video games, it is more crucial than ever that our students learn some simple, concrete fact-checking skills to help them confidently evaluate and analyze these messages. In this course, educators will:
Explore the what and the why of media literacy
Evaluate various media literacy teaching methods
Develop a media literacy lesson and project that can be used in the classroom tomorrow!
Successful Completion of this course will result in 3 Graduate Credits from CSU Pueblo.
You will receive an email with access to course materials after your register.