Media Empowerment Toolkit
Media Empowerment Toolkit (MET) is an open-source set of media literacy topics for different age groups. Based on guidelines provided by the Metacurriculum, it provides a broad theoretical view on possible media literacy activities for schools. In addition, MET’s general character is suitable for a number of other than school environments. Various educational institutions, parents, as well as other adults accompanying or living with children may find in it useful perspectives on specific media activities. Methodology applied in MET consists of describing:
– principal goals of each particular activity,
– general activities derived from most common pedagogical practices (description of possible practical activities for learners),
– reasons why the suggested activities are relevant for media education in the 21st century,
– background of each particular suggested activity.
That way, MET is meant to provide a theoretical source helping the adult to understand media-related phenomena of the present day and get an insight into possible ways of dealing with these phenomena as part of the curricular framework at school. For parents and other child-accompanying adults MET represents a tool for active shaping of their activities with children and youth in order to help them become media literate. MET includes
Teaching Media Literacy – Toolkit
0-7
years of age
7-10
years of age
10-12
years of age
12-14
years of age
14-16
years of age
16+
years of age