Building media literacy in UK communities
Everyday Digital is a new programme from Parent Zone, designed to improve families’ critical media literacy skills.
It includes a range of multi format resources designed for self guided learning, plug and play sessions, a free Widget for your website and free training for professionals to become Local Champions. The training is open to any family-facing professional including education practitioners, librarians, health professionals - infact anyone who works with families.
Everyday Digital is a 360° programme that explores all five areas of media literacy:
Content: all the information and media we see or create ourselves
Data: the personal information we leave behind (or share) when online
Environment: knowing how to use and understand online spaces and platforms
Consequences: understanding the possible impact our online behaviours might have, including in the offline world
Positivity: knowing how to make online interactions and environments safer and more rewarding
These crucial areas of media literacy address concerns including mis and disinformation and mysogyny helping participants to understand the power of improved media literacy skills and the potential to make positive change.
Getting involved
Getting involved is easy. If you’re a family-facing professional – or a Local Authority interested in expanding your media literacy support to families – you can get involved with the Everyday Digital programme in multiple ways from simply signposting the resources to embedding the free Everyday Digital widget on your website.
if you sign up to become one of our local champions you will receive training and support – as little or as much as you need – from us. Local Champions will have access to a whole range of resources, including:
- interactive sessions
- articles and information
- promotional materials
- national, live-streamed broadcasts and events
- quizzes and games
- podcasts
Interested in getting involved?
If you’d like some more information about Everyday Digital or want to help support families through the programme, please get in touch with us at: everydaydigital@parentzone.org.uk