Cultivating Critical & Curious Consumers & Creators:
A Workshop Series on Tools for Teaching Media Literacy to Children & Teens
This series of free workshops is open to all Washington State K-12 educators and any public librarians who work with children and teens.
Each session will be held on Zoom, on a Wednesday from 5:00 to 6:30 p.m., during the 2023-2024 school year. (See specific dates and presenters below.)
Each session will include an in-depth presentation from a guest speaker, as well as time to process and interact with job-alike peers in breakout rooms.
The series is co-sponsored by the Washington State Library and the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction Media Literacy & Digital Citizenship Program.
Schedule & registration for Part 1:
October 4: Erin Olson from News Literacy Project T, S
November 8 & 15: Chris Sperry from Project Look Sharp C & T, S
December 6: Julia Torres T, S & P
December 13: Katie Davis T, S & P
January 17, 24 & 31: Faith Rogow C, S & P
Register on pdEnroller
Zoom info will be provided after registration
Schedule & registration for Part 2:
March 20: Ken Boyd from CIVIX and CTRL-F C & T, S & P
April 17: Mike Caulfield from the University of Washington's Center for an Informed Public T, S & P
April 24: Joel Breakstone from the Digital Inquiry Group T, S
Register on pdEnroller (separate registration from Part 1)
Zoom info will be provided after registration
Which sessions should you attend?
You're welcome to attend all of them, but if you have to choose, look for these letters in the descriptions of each session:
C = relevant for children/elementary students
T = relevant for teens/secondary students
S = relevant for school settings
P = relevant for public library settings
Learn more about the News Literacy Project session
Learn more about the TWO Project Look Sharp sessions
Learn more about Julia Torres's session
Learn more about Katie Davis's session
Learn more about the THREE sessions with Faith Rogow
Learn more about the CIVIX/CTRL-F session
Learn more about Mike Caulfield's session
Learn more about the Civic Online Reasoning session
Supported in part by funding provided by the federal Institute of Museum and Library Services administered by the Library Services and Technology Act, through the Washington State Library, a division of the Office of the Secretary of State.
This series is part of the OSPI Media Literacy & Digital Citizenship Ambassadors "extended universe."