The CML MediaLit Kit™ captures the essence of media literacy's inquiry process - and provides practical tools to help introduce and practice these process skills in the classroom. A 25-page Orientation Guide explains the elements of the framework, provides a "guided tour" of the media literacy process and suggests ways to implement media literacy across the curriculum.

The MediaLit Kit™ Basic Framework consists of 6 elements:

1. The Inquiry Process: "Free Your Mind, Express Your View"
2. A Concise Definition of Media Literacy
3. The Five Core Concepts
4. The Five Key Questions
5. The Four Process Skills: Access, Analyze, Evaluate, Communicate/Create
6. The Empowerment Spiral: How to Organize Media Literacy Learning

As the MediaLit Kit™ evolves, additional elements will be added. Two refinements on the Five Key Questions have already been established and are available now as additions to the basic framework:

1. Key Questions to Guide Young Children
2. Expanded Questions - for more sophisticated inquiry

CML is making the MediaLit Kit™ easily available for others with several complementary tools:

• A collection of FREE handouts in a PDF file format, both black and white, and color versions
• A series of eight laminated color posters for purchase that are suitable for display in classrooms, libraries, homes and community settings.

These tools can be used individually or together, for training workshops, in-services, library reference and parent/community education as well as in the classroom. In addition, the MediaLit Kit™ is available for licensing to publishers, training organizations and service agencies needing an established, credible framework for incorporating inquiry-based media literacy in their work.

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