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URI Harrington School Executive Advisory Board Meeting
Learn more about the Harrington School of Communication and Media at www.uri.edu/harrington
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Narrowing the Gap between the Classroom and the Culture
Professor Hobbs defines digital and media literacy and shows how it increases relevance and ignites intellectual curiosity.
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Digital Literacy and Libraries: What's Coming Next
Renee Hobbs explores the future of libraries through the lens of digital literacy in this talk to the Massachusetts Commonwealth Consortium of Libraries in Public Higher Education Institutions.
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Powerful Voices for Kids: Digital and Media Literacy in K-2
This workshop zeroes in on best practices in using digital and media literacy concepts of access, analysis, composition, reflection, and taking action through digital citizenship within the K-2 arena....
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Digital Millennium Copyright
Renee Hobbs offers a Fireside Chat on the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, the practice of "ripping" DVDs to make clips, and its relevance to media literacy education. Participants build background...
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Authorship and Media Making as Learning
Renee Hobbs explores how creative composition supports the learning process. Digital and media literacy provides an opportunity to better understand the complex interaction between the classroom and...
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The Importance of Media Literacy and Strategies for Teaching It at the...
Renee Hobbs explains the value of university-school partnerships that connect college and university students to local schools. University-school partnerships are helping us explore video...
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Messy Engagement: The Heart of the Common Core
Renee Hobbs gives a keynote address to Rhode Island School Librarians on August 13, 2013 to demonstrate how the close reading and careful analysis skills that are emphasized in CCCS ELA-Literacy...
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Beyond Drill and Kill
Renee Hobbs tells teacher-librarians in Rhode Island about her work in a Philadelphia elementary school, demonstrating how media analysis and production activities support the acquisition of digital...
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Global Developments in Media Literacy
Renee Hobbs offers an overview of global developments in digital and media literacy education at the Media and Digital Literacy Academy of Beirut (MDLAB), August 19, 2013.
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Seminar in Media Studies, Hobbs, Week 1
Renee Hobbs is teaching a graduate Seminar in Media Studies at URI Harrington School of Communication and Media, Fall 2013. Learn more about the course: http://urimediastudies.wordpress.com
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URI Harrington School of Communication and Media Faculty Meeting, Sept 2013
Learn about the strategic goals for 2013 - 2014 and how faculty, students, alums and friends of URI are contributing to build a school of regional, national and global distinction
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Participation and Media
Renee Hobbs gives a talk at Ruhr University on September 17, 2013.
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The Role of the Media Industry in Advancing Digital & Media Literacy
Hobbs explores the history of the media industry’s involvement in the media literacy movement by comparing curriculum resources produced by the National Association of Broadcasters in 1962 and Google...
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How Do We Create and Maintain Successful Media Education Programs Amidst the...
How Do We Create and Maintain Successful Media Education Programs Amidst the Current Challenges? A workshop with Renee Hobbs identifies challenges faced by media educators and explore how reflection...
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Association of Connecticut Library Boards
Renee Hobbss addresses library trustees in Connecticut about bringing digital literacy to public libraries.
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Media Smart Seminar
Renee Hobbs examines how digital and media literacy can be used in prevention education in grades 4 - 12.
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Hobbs Copyright Clarity Pecha Kucha
Renee Hobbs explains copyright and fair use in 5 minutes.
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You Tube Pranks: Schadenfreude and the Scary Maze
Research study compares "scary maze game" YouTube videos in U.S. and Germany to advance reflective thinking about the ethical and social relationships between victims, pranksters and their audiences.
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Writing TV News
Media Education Lab collaborated with PBS NewsHour to evaluate the Student Reporting Labs (www.studentreportinglabs.com) program. Research shows the program improved media literacy and media...
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