Media Literacy

Virtual Training On Digital Media Literacy

Virtual Training On Digital Media Literacy

“My Digital World” is a Meta Digital Literacy Program aimed at equipping social media users with knowledge, skills, and competencies on verifying and handling Misinformation and Disinformation While taking full benefit of what these online spaces offer. Within this context, The Youth Cafe collaborated with iEARN to deliver ‘MY DIGITAL WORLD’ training to The Youth Cafe Youth Network. Hosted by iEARN on the Zoom platform, the training attracted 115 youths who registered to participate in the session. The training occurred on December 5, 2023, at 2 pm EAT.

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Steering The Media Literacy Week

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Steering The Media Literacy Week

A healthy approach towards information sharing in digital spaces is a practice that requires recognition of the shift in information use and sharing. It is about carefully choosing information to share and responsibly processing information.

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The Youth Cafe Wins UNESCO Global Award!

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The Youth Cafe Wins UNESCO Global Award!

The Youth Café is proud to announce that our digital/media information literacy projects with African youth has won FIRST place in UNESCO GLOBAL AWARDS. The award cements our goal to become a world leader in Media Information Literacy (MIL) and recognizes our extensive work on digital/media information literacy in the continent.

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Media Literacy Curriculum Validation For Teachers | The Youth Cafe

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Media Literacy Curriculum Validation For Teachers | The Youth Cafe

The draft MIL curriculum for teachers in Kenya was yesterday (on 6th September, 2019) validated by stakeholders for adaptation and mainstreaming in teacher training and professional development in the country. Stakeholders drawn from government agencies, academia, education sector, civil society and the private sector hailed the draft curriculum as a timely resource for re-tooling the Kenyan teacher to deliver on the new competency based curriculum being implemented in Kenya.