When my colleague Amy Jensen passed the co-editor baton to me this past February, it prompted me to reflect upon the original goals of the JMLE….
Author: Vanessa Greenwood, Ph.D.
Professor at Montclair State University, New Jersey, USA | Research interests include media literacy, communication, education, and technology.
Connection Leads to Innovation
In his book “Where Good Ideas Come From,” Steven Johnson explores the origins of groundbreaking ideas and arrives at an interesting conclusion: Good ideas don’t just erupt,…
Imagining the Possibilities of School
In a rich example of student-produced journalism, the Santa Barbara Middle School Teen Press interviews educational innovator Sir Ken Robinson backstage at his UCSB Arts…
Why Online Professionalism Matters
It’s quite a challenge to cultivate a sense of online professionalism among the pre-service teachers that I teach every semester. For some, the transition from…
The Need for Worldwide Media Literacy
Digital knuckle bump to Dina Pielaet of Ventura College (in my home state of California) for producing an elegant introductory video on media literacy. What…
Rethinking Schooling
Sir Ken Robinson is one of my favorite thinkers and speakers. The video “Changing Educational Paradigms” is a must-see for anyone interested in rethinking the…
10 Steps to Media and Technology Literacy
I was recently reminded of this workshop I facilitated from June 2011 and thought it was worth re-posting. Enjoy.As part of the MSU Network for…
An Education/Technology Tipping Point
Gadwell’s Tipping Point This week I facilitated a compelling discussion among my undergraduate pre-service teachers about the public purposes of education and schooling in the…
Educator Development (Not Teacher Preparation)
This week I was invited to the National Convening on Clinical Practice in teacher preparation in Washington, DC. The event brought together university and P-12 partners from around…
Using Technology to Differentiate Instruction
[download PDF] This highly idiosyncratic Top 10 list was my starting point for a 3-session professional development mini-course (Using Technology to Differentiate Instruction Among Gifted…