Media Literacy, Social Networking, and the Web 2.0 Environment for the K-12 Educator

De Abreu, a media literacy educator who teaches information science and technology at Drexel U., provides a resource for educators, media specialists, librarians, curriculum advisors, and principals that uses the theme of media literacy as a way to discuss social networking and Web 2.0 environments and how students can learn in these contexts. She explains what media literacy is; its skills; how media literacy education can connect critical thinking/literacy, creation, and collaborative growth to social networking and Web 2.0; how students learn from these technologies and how to use specific tools to engage them; and their purpose in English, social studies, math, science, and world languages. She also addresses Internet safety and privacy and provides an annotated list of websites. Annotation c2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Belinha S. de Abreu is a media literacy educator and an assistant teaching professor in the College of Information Science & Technology at Drexel University. Her research interests include media literacy education, new media literacies, information literacy, critical thinking, popular culture, young adults, and teacher training. Dr. De Abreu’s focus is on the impact of and learning as a result of media watched and used by K-12 students. She has most recently published ?Is the World Flat? School 2.0: A Global Perspective? and also served as the guest editor for The Journal of Media Literacy, (2010).