This course is open to HSTA Members Only
COURSE DESCRIPTION
Instructors: Jessica Kato
Instructor Contact: 10089077@k12.hi.us; jessicakato80@gmail.com
This course will explore ways to inform students how to be critical consumers of news and media. Course participants will explore their own experiences with the media, read and view research regarding how media is currently distributed and consumed, learn about the impact of social media on students, and review many resources on how to teach media literacy to their students in order to increase their achievement on the Research Claim of the Common Core State Standards. This course is appropriate for teachers of all content areas that require students to conduct research or use online resources, grades 3-12.
Learn Soft ID #26508 Media Literacy in the Age of “Fake News”
Dates: January 27, 2025, through May 2, 2025 (Portfolio Due Date: April 11, 2025)
This asynchronous online course will begin on January 27, 2025, and the deadline to pay is the morning of January 27, 2025.
Before the start date, participants will receive instructions from the instructors on accessing course content. The instructions will be sent to the email used with the Learn Soft platform and will most likely end in @k12.hi.us, this is the email that the DOE system assigns to you and we can not change it through the HSTA PD website. It is the participant’s responsibility to check for this email before the course starts. Contacting HSTA after the start date to inform us you did not get the information will not result in a refund.
Please go to Learn Soft and add yourself to the pending enrollment list for this specific course section. Once payment is received, HSTA will move you from “Pending” to “Enrolled” on Learn Soft, and your enrollment will be confirmed via email.
We cannot add you to the roster if you are not on the pending enrollment list.
Course Features
- Lectures 0
- Quizzes 0
- Duration Lifetime access
- Skill level All levels
- Students 37
- Assessments Yes