Jenifer Jasinski Schneider, Ph.D. is a Professor of Literacy Studies in the College of Education at the University of South Florida. Dr. Schneider’sresearch focuses on children’s composing processes including print-based writing development and multimodal composition in digital and embodied spaces. Specifically, she examines youths’ content creation of visual, print, and performance texts. Underlying her work in composition is a focus on arts-based approaches to literacy education including process drama and children’s literature.
Session Description
Our session will guide participants in understanding the research on critical media literacies and the corresponding strategies and tools that teacher educators can use to prepare teachers and students for communicative competencies.
We will:
- (1) share a current example of a viral digital campaign (e.g., Science of Reading, book bans),
- (2) examine the essential elements of the message (semantic features) that were retained in its transfer across platforms and messengers, and
- (3) discuss the critical media literacies necessary to examine the content and intention of the messaging.
During the session, we will lead the participants in the exploration of AR/VR and generative AI applications (Chat GPT) as a way to demonstrate critical media literacies and to explore strategies for classroom applications.