Media Literacy in an Influencer World

In today’s world, students are continually exposed to media. From TikTok to podcasts to simply searching the internet and every social media platform in between. This continual media exposure can create a world of misinformation and the inability to identify when sources are reliable and when they aren’t. Our students love to consume this media and many of them strive to be a part of this media landscape by achieving the status of influencer or a YouTuber.

While the influencer and YouTuber lifestyle may look easy and glamorous, the reality is, it's a lot of work and there are real skills involved with the end product. How do we capture that passion for creating and translate it into our curriculum? More importantly, today's businesses rely more on social media to connect with their customers than ever. So how do we provide students the skills to become influencers or, more likely, a business's social media manager? No matter how old your students are, they have all been exposed to or inspired by an influencer. So let’s capture that passion and bring it to our classrooms.

This session will look at both the media landscape and how you can educate your students to be better media consumers and also how they can be responsible media creators!

PD Hours: 5

Presenter: Ben Sondgeroth

Location: IVCC (CTC Room 124/125)

Cost: $40 PD (Co-op Schools $30)

Fee includes lunch.

Co-op Members: Please select the Professional Learning Co-op Member ticket option for a reduced fee, if you are an educator from one of the following:

Ottawa High School #140

Marquette High School

Seneca Grade School #170

Seneca High School #160

Grand Ridge #95

Deer Park #82

Allen Otter #65

LaSalle Elementary #122

Dimmick #175

Tonica #79

Marseilles #150

Serena #2

Earlville #9

Leland #1

Lostant #425

Please be advised of our cancellation and refund policies: If you need to cancel your registration, please email Krissy at [email protected] or Alaina at [email protected]. You may request a refund of a workshop registration fee up to seven days before the scheduled event. We cannot refund the transaction fees. Failure to cancel seven days prior to the workshop date will result in forfeiture of the registration fee.

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