The Media Mosaic Project: Media Literacy for Global Youth

The Media Mosaic Project provides the tools for iEARN students to become informed consumers and producers of global media, with a critical appreciation of accuracy and diverse perspectives, and with a hands-on understanding of media‚s role in addressing and shaping the concerns of the world community.

The purpose of the Media Mosaic Project is to create better informed world citizens by analysis, comparison, evaluation and production of media. The Media Mosaic Project combines a sequenced media literacy curriculum for classrooms, as well as diverse opportunities to produce media.

Media Mosaic youth will learn media evaluation and critique through the Media Mosaic website of activities and resources; and monthly themes of focus. A Media Mosaic blog (web log) will publish student perspectives, investigations, and discussion about the monthly theme (such as gender stereotyping in the media or global marketing to teens). Classroom tips, activities and a teacher discussion will also be posted on the Media Mosaic blog. Lastly, students will have the opportunity to be certified and trained as journalists who will write articles, critique each other‚s work, take photographs and produce media with responsible, accurate content, posting on the Media Mosaic Blog and/or the iEARN student news wire service. 

Facilitated by: Sarah Conover and Doug Robnett in the USA and Eliane Metni in Lebanon.

Ages: Middle school and up, ages 13 through 19 (some of the news content and graphics may require maturity).

Dates: September 15, 2004 to June 15, 2005

Languages: English, news gathering in many languages

Website: http://www.iearnlb.org/media/

Contact: For more information about participating in this or other iEARN projects, write to iearn@iearn.org