Know Your Government 2015
Digital Citizenship:
Building Responsible
Citizens Utilizing Media
Please have your KYG Coordinator’s Packet and KYG Curriculum available as
we will reference it throughout this webinar.
Polls
Let’s take a poll…….
Chat box…….
Questions……..
Agenda
Why this topic, this year?
Coordinator’s Packet
Research
Blogging
Curriculum
Meeting Rundowns
Compliments (if time allows)
*Find page 49 and
begin renumbering;
page 52 got stuck
“How can citizens be best prepared to participate in a
democracy? What kinds of knowledge, attitudes and
skills are essential for being a citizen in a media age?
How do we create opportunities for young people to
develop their interests in democracy? What role can
the media, teachers and parents play?
In more and more classrooms in the United
States, educators are beginning to help students
acquire the skills they need to manage in a mediasaturated environment, recognizing that in its
broadest sense, literacy must include the ability to
skillfully 'read' and 'write' in a wide range of
message forms, especially considering the
dominance of image-based electronic media.”
Hobbs, R. (1998). Building citizenship skills through media literacy education. In M.
Salvador and P. Sias, (Eds.) The Public Voice in a Democracy at Risk. Westport, CT:
Praeger Press, pps. 57 -76.
Media Literacy And Building Citizenship Skills
Elihu Katz (1992, 37) reminds us of the organic
connection between communication, education
and democracy: "democracy is meaningless
without multiple voices...it is simply impossible to
talk about citizenship training in modern society
without reference to mass communication." There
are three major ways in which media literacy can
contribute to strengthening the future of
American democracy through outreach to the 45
million students in our nation's schools.
First, media literacy practices help strengthen
students' information access, analysis and
communication skills and build an appreciation for
why monitoring the world is important.
Media literacy can inform students about how the
press functions in a democracy, why it matters that
citizens gain information and exposure to diverse
opinions, and what people need to participate in
policy decision-making at the community, state and
federal levels.
Secondly, media literacy can support and foster
educational environments in which students can
practice the skills of leadership, free and responsible
self-expression, conflict resolution and consensusbuilding, because without these skills, young people
will not be able to effectively engage with others in
the challenges of cooperative problem-solving that
participation in a democratic society demands.
Third, media literacy skills can inspire young
people to become more interested in increasing
their access to diverse sources of information.
http://www.medialit.org/reading-room/building-citizenship-skills-throughmedia-literacy-education
Teambuilding: Postcards
Meeting 2, Activity 9, page 29
1. Open Postcard Activity in File Share;
2. Pick a photo that represents you as your county
coordinator/chaperone for KYG
3. Briefly share how it represents you, using the chat box
4. After the webinar, write HOW it represents you under
the photo, also include your name and address
5. Email to Rachel at: Rachel.George@clark.wa.gov
6. we’ll be sending them to you in early February
Coordinator’s Packet
Form A is the Registration Form, pg. 19
Turn in when you register your delegation.
Health forms are fillable pages available online:
http://4h.wsu.edu/conferences/kyg/registration.html
Bring copies to KYG in Olympia when you come for
the conference. Keep your copies for travel.
Curriculum!
Introduction
Why
What
How- (next slide)
Blogging -- http://www.wikihow.com/BlogEffectively
KYG Blog – http://4hknowyourgov.blogspot.com
Email Carey, Rachel, or Clinton to request email address to post a blog
Facebook -- https://www.facebook.com/pages/WAState-4-H-Know-YourGovernment/251423254905612
Twitter -- @WA_4H_KYG ; #WAKYG15
Chaperoning for Life Skill
Development
1. Structured meetings before KYG and during KYG
Provide consistent process for engaging youth in activities and
discussions to encourage increase participation and learning.
To include:
Community Builders, Group agreement, Content or subject
matter focus, Appreciation, Closing/Reflection
2. Intentional focus on life skill development
3. Learning support through the experiential model:
Do/Reflect/Apply
Curriculum!
Meeting 1
Meeting Agenda- write out/display each meeting
TeambuildingGroup Agreement- display each meeting
What is Media? Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M89_wjcwzfY
County Issue brainstorming
Life Skills
Curriculum!
Meeting 2
Teambuilding Activity
Photovoice
Media literacy
Invite Legislators
Curriculum!
Meeting 3
Netiquette
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mebKK
LpYGkQ&list=PLvzOwE5lWqhRhUa0Zet5
__9yfLX8NRvb3&index=12
Beginner’s guides
Do Now
http://blogs.kqed.org/education/category/d
o-now/
Polleverywhere.com -- example
Curriculum!
Meeting 4
TicTacToe
Politics and the Media
Compliments/Appreciation
News Displays for Conference
Twitter Summary
What’s happening at the conference in
Olympia?
Saturday
3:00 – 5:00
3:30 – 5:00
5:00 – 5:30
5:30 – 7:15
7:15- 7:30
7:30 – 8:30
7:30 - 8:30
8:45 – 9:30
10:00
Check in
Challenge
Room Check in
Dinner, Welcome, Speaker,
Break
Chaperone meeting
Session A – Getting acquainted
County Meeting
In your own room – quiet
Sunday
Breakfast on your own
8:00 – 9:30
Session B – Media 101
9:30 - 9:45
Break
9:45-10:45
Session C – Journalist & Reporter 101
11:00-12:00
Session D - Research Part 1
12:00-1:30
Lunch
1:45 - 2:45
Session D- Research Part 2
2:45 – 3:00
Break
3:00 – 4:30
Session E - Compilation & Posting
4:30 – 8:00
County Night Out
8:00 – 9:00
Session F – Breaking News
9:15 – 9:45
County Meeting
10:00
In your own room – quiet
Monday
Breakfast on your own
8:15 -10:15
Session G
– Investigate and Respond
10:15–10:45
Break
10:45- 12:15 Community
Service
12:30- 1:30 Lunch
1:45 – 4:00 Scavenger Hunt
4:00 -- 5:00 Dinner Prep
5:30 – 7:30 Legislative
Dinner
7:30 – 8:00 Break
8:00 – 10:00 Dance, Movie,
Game Room
10:15–10:45 County
Meeting
11:00
In your own room –
quiet
Tuesday
8:30 – 10 Session H – Wrap
Up
Curriculum!
Meeting 5 – Post conference
Opportunity for youth to carry out the work
they have completed on their County Issue
More detailed outline will be given out at
KYG conference
Questions?
Blog/Twitter questions: Rachel or Clinton
Other curriculum questions: Jan
Have Fun!
Learn something new!