Digital and media literacy requires technical, cognitive, social, emotional and civic competencies. Educators and students become co-learners through creating digital media, which involves balancing creative freedom with control. Digital authorship is a process involving choice, courage, risk-taking and vulnerability that activates intellectual curiosity and supports lifelong learning.

1. Create to Learn
Renee Hobbs
University of Rhode Island
Media Education Lab
Twitter: @reneehobbs
@reneehobbs

2. www.mediaeducationlab.com

4. Digital and media literacy literacy is an expanded
conceptualization of literacy that requires technical,
cognitive, social, emotional and civic competencies
Educators and students become co-learners because
creating digital media involves a balance between
creative freedom and creative control
Digital authorship is a process that involves choice,
courage, risk-taking and vulnerability
Digital literacy activates intellectual curiosity and helps
support the habit of learning for a lifetime
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5. @reneehobbs
Since the global pandemic, teachers and students
have become more deeply invested in digital learning

6. Are media formats & digital technologies
reproducing, transforming or challenging the educational status quo?
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7. PEER-TO-PEER FILE SHARINGIntellectual Grandparents
DEWEY. Communication &
education are linked together
to enable democratic societies
BRUNER. Asking
questions is key
to the
development of
critical thinking
skills
FREIRE. The practice of literacy
(as a cycle of awareness,
analysis, creation & reflection)
enables people to improve
society
McLUHAN. Media
& technology are
immersive cultural
environments that
restructure human
perception and
values
HALL. Audiences
are active.
Meaning-making
is shaped by lived
experience &
cultural context
Network of
relationships
between people
& ideas
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8. What are the Media & Digital Literacy
Competencies Needed Today & in the Future?

9. Literacy is the sharing of meaning
through symbols
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10. Literacy changes in response to
changes in technology & society
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11. Digital Media Literacy Competencies
are Complex & Multifaceted
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CIVIC
CREATIVE
TECHNICAL
COGNITIVE SOCIAL

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Digital Media Literacy: An Inquiry Process

13. DIGITAL
MEDIA
LITERACY
ANALYZE
ACCESS
ACT
REFLECT
CREATE
Inquiry
Reading
Search
Curation
Credibility
Analysis
Creativity
Multimodal
Writing
Digital
Skills
Dialogue
Collaboration
Emotional Response
Ethical Reasoning
Knowledge of Cultural,
Political, Economic
& Social Context
Citizenship
Activism

14. @reneehobbs

15. Learning to Read & Reading to Learn
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THE FOUNDATION

16. Learning to Write & Writing to Learn
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THE FOUNDATION

17. SCREENCASTING
as a Literacy Practice for
Children and Teens
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18. As you watch, consider:
What competencies are
engaged by making a
screencast?
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19. Screencasting for Reading Comprehension
Screencast-o-Matic
http://screencast-o-matic.com@reneehobbs

20. As you watch, consider:
Why does the instructor
encourage students to
demonstrate their learning in
this format?
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21. Screencasting as Literary Analysis
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22. As you watch, consider:
Why does the instructor
encourage students to
demonstrate their learning in
this format?
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23. TIME TO DISCUSS
How could your
students use
screencasting to
demonstrate
their learning?
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24. @reneehobbs
Time to Share Your Experience

25. Video Commenting Tools Create
Space for Digital Conversation
Flipgrid
http://flipgrid.com @reneehobbs

26. Kami PDF & Document Markup
http://chrome.google.com
A Student PDF Annotation
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27. A Student Annotates a Video
ANT Video Annotation
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28. Cloud-Based Tools Support
Digital Authorship
Writing
KidBlog
Google Docs
Storybird
Animation
Animoto
Powtoons
Osnap
Moovly
Screencasting
Screencastify
Screencast-o-Matic
Screenr
Podcasting
Anchor.fm
Video Production
YouTube
WeVideo
Videolicious
Shadow Puppet
Multimedia
Kizoa
Storify
Flipgrid
Coding
Scratch
Ready
Infographics
Piktochart
Easel.ly
https://createtolearn.online
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29. CHOICE
MATTERS
Hobbs, R. (2017). Create to Learn. NY:
Wiley.
BLOGS VIDEO
PODCAST ANIMATION
INFOGRAPHIC
VLOGS &
SCREENCAST

30. At any moment, the reader is ready
to turn into a writer.
-Walter Benjamin
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31. As you watch, consider:
What inferences can you
make about how the teacher
structured the learning
experience for these
children?
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32. How to Take Care of Your Pet by Grade 1 Students at Russell Byers Charter School
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33. As you watch, consider:
What inferences can you
make about how the teacher
structured the learning
experience for these
children?
@reneehobbs

34. Creating with digital tools involves a process of messy engagement
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35. Too Much Structure
Kills Creativity
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36. FORMAT
CONTENT
DISTRIBUTION
PROCESS
Teachers Structure Learning Experiences using
a Balance of Creative Freedom & Creative Control
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37. FORMAT
CONTENT
DISTRIBUTION
PROCESS
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38. @reneehobbs
Media & Technology Create
Unreal Realities

39. New Forms of Authority are Emerging
Attention economics is surpassing traditional forms of authority and expertise
our attention — and
most of it free —
being found is
valuable."
 Immediacy
 Personalization
 Findability

40. Learners may infer from digital culture that being angry or mean
will attract attention

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www.mindovermedia.us

46. Authorship is about
control, power and the
management of
meaning and of
people as much as it is
about creativity and
innovation.
Authorship is a Form of Social Power
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47. be aware of the media environment
choose media messages wisely
be aware of your own personal biases
actively comprehend & interpret
messages in all genres
analyze point of view, message
purpose & source bias
recognize stereotypes that influence
attitudes & behaviors
ask questions and notice what’s
omitted from news & information
understand media systems, political
economy & technologies
What does it mean to interrogate
the power of digital media?

48. Why does my Facebook
look different from yours?
How does Amazon know
how to make
recommendations for me?
How does Google
autocomplete work?
How valuable is my
browser history
to marketers?

49. Digital media literacy is an expanded conceptualization of
literacy that requires technical, cognitive, social,
emotional and civic competencies
Educators and students become co-learners since
creating media involves a balance between creative
freedom and creative control
Digital authorship is a process that involves choice,
courage, risk-taking and vulnerability
Digital media literacy activates intellectual curiosity and
helps support the habit of learning for a lifetime
REVIEW
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50. How are students “creating to
learn” in your classroom?
How are you supporting the
development of student autonomy
and authority as digital authors?
What current activities
could be modified so
that students experience
the power of digital
media literacy?
What potential impact might media
literacy have on your learners?
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51. @reneehobbs

52. Renee Hobbs
Professor of Communication Studies
Director, Media Education Lab
Harrington School of Communication & Media
University of Rhode Island USA
Email: hobbs@uri.edu
Twitter: @reneehobbs
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Web: www.mediaeducationlab.com