TEXTS/READINGS – All texts and readings for this course are openly available and can be retrieved from the course website MDL4000 - Readings
REQUIRED TEXTS/READINGS (save for quick reference)
SUPPLEMENTARY RESOURCES
Digital Citizenship nine elements http://www.digitalcitizenship.net/Nine_Elements.html
SUGGESTED RESOURCES
REQUIRED TEXTS/READINGS (save for quick reference)
- Ministry of Education and Training. (2006). The Ontario Curriculum Grade 1-8: Language. Toronto, ON: Queen’s Printer.
- Ministry of Education and Training. (2006). Guide to Effective Literacy Instruction Grades 4-6. Volume 7 – Media Literacy
- Readings from Media Smarts Canada
- Mapping Digital Literacy Policy and Practice in the Canadian Education Landscape
- Digital and Media Literacy Fundamentals
- Use, Understand, & Create: A digital literacy framework for Canadian Schools
- Digital Literacy in Canada: From Inclusion to Transformation
- Media Literacy 101
- Media Literacy Week 2017 - Inclusion in a Connected World
SUPPLEMENTARY RESOURCES
- Ministry of Education and Training – Ontario curriculum guides for various subject areas. Retrieved from http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/curriculum/elementary/
- Standards for Educators https://www.iste.org/standards/standards/for-educators
- Standards for Students https://www.iste.org/standards/standards/for-students
Digital Citizenship nine elements http://www.digitalcitizenship.net/Nine_Elements.html
SUGGESTED RESOURCES
- Young People’s Press Writers’ Guide Hoechsmann, M. (2008). From the Classroom to the Newsroom: Teaching Media Writing. In New Literacies: A Professional Development Wiki for Educators. Developed under the aegis of the Improving Teacher Quality Project (ITQP), a federally funded partnership between Montclair State University and East Orange School District, New Jersey.
- Available from: http://newlits.wikispaces.com/Teaching+Media+Writing
- Wilson, C., Grizzle, A., Tuazon, R., Akyempong, K., & Cheung, C-K. (2011). Media and Information Literacy Curriculum Teachers. Paris: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. Retrieved from http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0019/001929/192971e.pdf (free download)
- Common Sense Media http://www.commonsensemedia.org/
- The Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop: Advancing children’s learning in a digital age http://www.joanganzcooneycenter.org/
- Creative Commons http://creativecommons.org/
- CyberWise http://cyberwise.org/
- CyberWise Guides http://cyberwise.org/Cyber-Guides.html
