by Lee Watanabe-Crockett | Media Fluency
Media literacy has become a more important consideration in our children’s futures than ever. Educators must be familiar with media’s role in our changing world. It’s here to stay as a main component of how society shares information across a vast... 
by Lee Watanabe-Crockett | Media Fluency
There’s no denying the influence of digital media in our daily lives. That means teaching Media Fluency is an integral part of classroom practice. Media Fluency is one of the Essential Fluencies and it’s important to understand what it’s all about.... 
by Lee Watanabe-Crockett | Media Fluency
Detecting fake news is hard, and it’s about to get a whole lot harder. In today’s digital world, fake news is reported about as frequently as legitimate news is. As online information continues to expand at astonishing rates, the challenge becomes clear.... 
by Lee Watanabe-Crockett | Media Fluency
The art of storytelling is as old as the human race itself. Our earliest forms of communication were deeply visual in nature. Even up today, that hasn’t changed. In fact, if anything, having a mastery of visual storytelling techniques has become more important... 
by Ross Crockett | Media Fluency
Welcome to the GDCF Cool Tool feature! Today we’re going to discuss MySimpleShow, a super-fun video creation tool that lets you create entertaining videos easy and fast. Videos are a big part of a teacher’s toolbox today. As far instructional tools go,... 
by Lee Watanabe-Crockett | Information Fluency
Fake news happens just as often as real news does. That’s especially true in our interconnected Internet-driven age of information. Getting duped by fake news is one of the inherent risks of consuming information on the Internet. So how do we tell the fake stuff... ![How Does Advertising Make Us Buy? [Infographic]](https://d2wldp4wpenmih.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/buy-now-keyboard.jpg)
by Lee Watanabe-Crockett | Student Engagement
Ever wonder how advertising works to turn browsers into buyers? It sure doesn’t happen the way it used to. The challenge today is that online competition is stiff for everyone, and ads need to be on the cutting edge of attention-grabbing constantly. What makes... 
by Lee Watanabe-Crockett | Creativity Fluency
Students and teachers alike continue to look for cool design tools to give any project that extra visual punch, and we continue to find great ones all over the Web. This post features 7 fairly unique free online creative image maker tools that are easy to learn and... 
by Lee Watanabe-Crockett | Media Fluency
Welcome to the fourth article of the Global Digital Citizenship in 15 Minutes series. In this article we talk about Media Fluency instruction. Each part in the series provides resources for exploring the 21st Century Fluencies and Global Digital Citizenship with your... 
by Lee Watanabe-Crockett | Media Fluency
Via Sparkol.com This post appeared on Sparkle.com on November 28 2014 and was written by Ffion Lindsay. This is an excerpt from the full article, and is reprinted here with permission. Read the full article here. A good public speaker takes their audience on a...