Media Literacy Professional Learning for Educators
Guiding educators with integrating media literacy in every subject to equip students for responsible citizenship in an AI‑driven world
Meet the Instructor & Designer
Dr. Matthew Korona, Ph.D. is the designer and instructor of Media Literacy Across the Content Areas focusing on building educators' media literacy background knowledge and pedagogy through impactful, research-based skills and strategies. His experiences include:
- Founder of Media Minded Project
- Virginia's Media Literacy Advocate for Media Literacy Now
- Instructional Technology Facilitator, Loudoun County Public Schools
- Media literacy scholar with extensive research on media literacy and teacher professional learning
His work focuses on media and AI literacy, digital citizenship, and technology‑supported instruction. He has published in leading academic journals including Reading Research Quarterly and the Journal of Media Literacy Education. Dr. Korona believes that media and AI literacy are essential skills that empower learners of all ages to think critically, navigate information responsibly, and participate confidently in an increasingly complex digital world.
Why Media Literacy Across the Content Areas?
Students live in a media‑saturated environment where algorithms and data shape what they see. Media Literacy Across the Content Areas equips educators with the tools to teach students how to access, analyze, evaluate, create, reflect, and act with digital media. These are skills essential for informed citizenship and resisting misinformation.
What educators across K‑12, higher education, and instructional leadership will gain from taking this course:
- Practical classroom strategies: Learn explicit techniques such as lateral reading, search operators, and critical questioning that help students evaluate online sources and think like digital investigators.
- Curriculum‑aligned design: Create standards‑aligned lessons that integrate media analysis, evaluation, and production so students critically engage with content and demonstrate understanding through authentic media.
- Hands‑on production and assessment: Empower students to create multimedia productions (videos, infographics, podcasts, Public Service Announcements, advertisements) that show mastery and build real‑world communication skills.
This course frames media literacy through the rapidly evolving lens of artificial intelligence, blending functional skills (how platforms and tools operate) with critical skills (how algorithms, personalization, and data practices shape what people see). You’ll explore methods for identifying and ethically producing AI‑generated content, so you can teach students to use generative tools responsibly, interrogate digital systems, and understand their social impacts and limits.
Media Literacy Across the Content Areas provides content‑specific lesson plans, assessment ideas, and student production prompts that strengthen critical thinking and lay the foundation for responsible AI use.
Enroll now to transform how your students critically think, create, and engage in a digital world.
Services from Media Minded Project
Media Minded Project partners with K–12 schools systems and higher education institutions to build teacher expertise and student agency in the digital age. We deliver research‑based professional development, tailored consulting, and ready‑to‑use curriculum resources that teach critical evaluation, ethical online behavior, and multimodal production. Our goal is to empower educators to integrate media literacy across content areas so students can navigate, create, and critique digital information with accuracy and confidence.
For more information, contact Dr. Matthew Korona, Ph.D. at mkorona@mediamindedproject.com.