Cindy Scheibe from Ithaca College presented this plenary. She says knowledge is relatively easy to measure, but it is the least useful when it comes to measuring Media Literacy. We are still not really sure what the key concepts are of having knowledge when applied to Media Literacy. Knowledge in not Understanding. Some slides Cindy showed...

Critical Thinking is

• being open-minded and skeptical
• going beyond the "preferred answer"
• evaluating claims
• tolerating ambiguity
• appreciating differences of perspectives
• not oversimplifying and recognizing often more than one "right" answer
• weak-sense vs. strong-sense critical thinking (Browne and Keiley)

Issues with Young Children in Media Literacy

• Simpler language
• difficulties in written formats
• limited verbal response

Next, Irv Katz, iSkills researcher for the Educational Testing Service shared about Assessment Development. Visit the links to learn more. (The session started late and he did not get much time.)