Toronto Star Media Literacy Event for Educators
$49.99
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Join us for our 2024 Media Literacy Event for Educators
Date: Friday, November 29, 2024 (PA Day for TDSB)
Location: 8 Spadina Avenue, Toronto, ON
(Toronto Star head office - Market Theatre at The Well)
Time: 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Seating is limited. Get your tickets early!
Refreshments and lunch will be provided at no additional cost.
Event Overview:
In an age where information is abundant and often misleading, media literacy has never been more crucial. This event will provide you with valuable insights, practical strategies, and innovative tools to help young people critically evaluate media messages and become informed digital citizens.
This event is designed to support educators. However, parents looking for insight into how they can empower their kids to think more critically about the news they consume online, will benefit from this full day event.
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Author and Journalist, Joyce Grant will talk about the importance of journalism in today’s increasingly divisive world. And she will introduce you to her multi-pronged approach to helping young people spot misinformation, find good sources and understand the importance of journalism today.
Educator, and co-founder of Teaching Kids News, Jonathan Tilly will discuss the need for teaching and learning media literacy in the classrooms of today. The conversation will begin with an exploration of how media literacy education has changed and evolved in the last twenty years and then offer insights to where it may be going. With this context in place, the conversation will shift to the challenges that are confronted when teaching media literacy, different approaches and strategies to overcome these obstacles, and the steps required to achieve the final aim: for all students to become a savvy and thoughtful consumer of all media.
Editor-in-chief of the Toronto Star, Nicole MacIntyre will participate in an Ask Me Anything (AMA) session with attendees.
The day will end with a tour of the Toronto Star newsroom.
This media literacy event is suitable for elementary and middle school teachers. High school educators are welcome to attend.
Teachers--Prefer to be invoiced for this event? Simply submit a purchase order from your school board to classroomconnection@thestar.ca, and we will invoice you for your ticket(s). PO's must be received by November 12, 2024. Fill out this form to reserve your seat.
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