Abstract As young people’s use of media is growing globally, the climate crisis is increasing to unprecedented levels. In this report, we focus on the role that education can play in promoting critical thinking about media and environmental justice. Through the teaching of critical media literacy, students learn to analyze representations of the climate crisis in the media. … [Read more...] about Critical Media Literacy Analysis and Production for Systems Thinking About Climate Change
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Developing Agency with Virtual Kindergarten Students via GamePlay and Design
Abstract This case study used traditional games to engage 4- and 5-year-old students learning online during the 2021-22 school year. The theme of the unit was on decision-making and agency. Learners were exposed to the algorithmic nature of certain board games traditionally geared to younger children. They increased the agency involved in these games by designing the board … [Read more...] about Developing Agency with Virtual Kindergarten Students via GamePlay and Design
Is it Paranoia? A Critical Approach to Platform Literacy
Abstract Social media platforms have received increasingly bad press coverage over the course of the last decade for everything from problematic uses of algorithms to the ability of authoritarian regimes to leverage them as a way to impact elections. Unfortunately, this emphasis on critique, though justified, has led to a paranoid form of thinking in which many understand that … [Read more...] about Is it Paranoia? A Critical Approach to Platform Literacy