Renee Hobbs presented on effective news literacy teaching practices at an AEJMC conference in 2010. Some strategies that work well include starting with students' interests, connecting comprehension to analysis, asking critical questions, focusing on how the media constructs meaning, and using collaborative multimedia projects to produce meaningful work. Hobbs emphasizes starting from the learner's perspective and making real-world connections between classroom lessons and current events.

1. News Literacy: What Works Renee Hobbs Temple University Philadelphia PA AEJMC August 8, 2010

8. Choices, Consequences & Point of View: Understanding Flash Mobs through Multimedia Production

11. What is Learned about the Media by Being a Subject of Media Coverage

12. What Was Learned

13. News Literacy: What Works News Literacy: What Works

14. News Literacy: What Works Learning Principles

15. Start from the Learner’s Interests

16. Connect Comprehension and Analysis

17. Ask Critical Questions and Listen Well

18. Focus on Constructedness

19. Use New Ideas to Support Practices of Critical Analysis and Media Composition

20. Use Collaborative Multimedia Composition to Produce Meaningful and Authentic Communication

21. Make Connections between the Classroom and the World

22. What Doesn’t Work

23. What Doesn’t Work

24. What Doesn’t Work

25. Renee Hobbs Temple University School of Communications and Theater Media Education Lab Philadelphia PA http://mediaeducationlab.com Email: renee.hobbs@temple.edu Phone: 215 204 3255