Reclaim the Media - DigitalMediaLiteracy http://www.reclaimthemedia.org/taxonomy/term/47/0 en FCC Set to Propose National Digital Literacy Corps http://www.reclaimthemedia.org/FCCDigitalLiteracyCorps <p>Yesterday, at the FCC's Digital Inclusion Summit, Commissioner Mignon Clyburn voiced her commitment to ensuring that all Americans have the digital literacy skills to use the web safely and effectively.</p> <span class="read-more"><a href="http://www.reclaimthemedia.org/FCCDigitalLiteracyCorps" target="_blank"><strong>Read more.</strong></a></span> http://www.reclaimthemedia.org/FCCDigitalLiteracyCorps#comments DigitalMediaLiteracy Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:03:04 +0000 7169 at http://www.reclaimthemedia.org Introducing the Digital Media Literacy Curriculum... http://www.reclaimthemedia.org/introducing_dml_training Reclaim the Media has been hard at work on a Digital Media Literacy curriculum, and we're finally getting ready to introduce it to the world (or at least the Pacific Northwest). In March and April, we will be holding introductory training sessions in Seattle to get potential trainees and training providers acquainted with the curriculum and hear some feedback on our approach to this emerging and important issue in digital justice and media literacy education. <br> <span class="read-more"><a href="http://www.reclaimthemedia.org/introducing_dml_training" target="_blank"><strong>Read more.</strong></a></span> DigitalMediaLiteracy Wed, 03 Mar 2010 22:24:02 +0000 7166 at http://www.reclaimthemedia.org Contributing and Engaging Online http://www.reclaimthemedia.org/contributingandengaging <p><img src="files/images/digitalmedialiteracy.jpg" valign=top align=right />Over the past month, the Red Cross has managed to <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/02/02/35-million-given-to-haiti_n_446872.html"> raise over $35 million dollars</a> for the Haitian earthquake relief through $10 text message donations. As the social media world's fervent excitement over this simple way to give has died down to a hum, it might be a good time to look at what this kind of fundraising means for the small-time philanthropist and digital activist.</p> <span class="read-more"><a href="http://www.reclaimthemedia.org/contributingandengaging" target="_blank"><strong>Read more.</strong></a></span> http://www.reclaimthemedia.org/contributingandengaging#comments DigitalMediaLiteracy Tue, 16 Feb 2010 21:45:38 +0000 7146 at http://www.reclaimthemedia.org What is digital media literacy? http://www.reclaimthemedia.org/digitalmedialiteracy <p>Digital media literacy means more than just understanding how to use Facebook or conduct an effective Google search - it means being able to use and create digital media to participate in civic life and collaborate around the issues that matter to us. It also means changing the way we think about accessing, analyzing, and evaluating media, as the web provides us with an increasing number of choices for information, news, and entertainment and complicates our media landscape with new advertising and marketing tactics.</p> <span class="read-more"><a href="http://www.reclaimthemedia.org/digitalmedialiteracy" target="_blank"><strong>Read more.</strong></a></span> http://www.reclaimthemedia.org/digitalmedialiteracy#comments DigitalMediaLiteracy Tue, 26 Jan 2010 00:30:11 +0000 7117 at http://www.reclaimthemedia.org