2015 NAMLE Conference Program
After chairing the 2011 NAMLE Program (“Global Visions/Local Connections”) I was asked to again chair the program of the biennial conference of the National Association for Media Literacy Education (NAMLE) in Philadelphia June 26-27, 2015. The theme is “Celebrating Connectivity Across Cultures.” The principle of connectivity captures the state of being connected as well as the ability to make connections between at least two or more points in a network. Connectivity also embodies the myriad of ways that points and people are connected to each other. Just like computing capacity is determined by the interconnection of platforms, systems and applications—the efficacy of media literacy education is grounded in our ability to transnavigate geographical spaces, institutional boundaries, educational settings, and cultural contexts [read more] _____________________________________________________________
Healthy Teens, Healthy Schools
My second book, Healthy Teens, Healthy Schools (May 2015, Rowman & Littlefield) is intended for educators across levels and contexts in the shared responsibility of building critical media health literacy among adolescents. While the topic of health in the U.S. is predominantly framed as an individual choice and set of elective/learned behaviors, there are powerful institutional forces that both facilitate and impede widespread health literacy. I developed a companion blog at healthyteens.us to further this conversation [read more]
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Project Literacy Among Youth (PLAY)
Project Literacy Among Youth (PLAY) is an educational project that I established in 1999 during my dual stint as a media and technology consultant for the Media Workshop New York by day and an NYU doctoral student in Media Ecology by night. I named this unique approach to professional development PLAY to showcase the creative yet critical ways in which young people can and do use a variety of media technologies. Here you can find teaching and learning resources as well as our current catalog of professional development offerings. [learn more].