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Author: Vanessa Greenwood, Ph.D.

Professor at Montclair State University, New Jersey, USA | Research interests include media literacy, communication, education, and technology.
June 21, 2011

Digital Storytelling Workshop—Hollywood Style

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The folks behind the International Family Film Festival in Burbank, California are providing a unique Hollywood-style filmmaking experience next month in Philadelphia as part of…

Vanessa Greenwood, Ph.D.
May 23, 2011

Geena Davis’ Quest for Gender Equity in Film

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Academy Award-winning actress Geena Davis talks with the “PBS NewsHour’s” Simon Marks about her quest for gender equity in film at the PBS Annual Meeting…

Vanessa Greenwood, Ph.D.
May 5, 2011

Looking for Digital Media Literacy Resources?

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PBS provides teachers with excellent tools to both create and consume media content. From Arthur’s Guide to Media Literacy  to FRONTLINE segments on what it…

Vanessa Greenwood, Ph.D.
April 6, 2011

Building 21st-Century Teachers: An Intentional Pedagogy of Media Literacy Education

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High quality teacher education requires a complex body of knowledge, skills, and dispositions. Media literacy education can (and should be thought of) as an intentional…

Vanessa Greenwood, Ph.D.
March 22, 2011

Going Hollywood: Media Literacy Education through Filmmaking

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In March I had the pleasure of attending the International Family Film Festival at Raleigh Studios in Hollywood, CA to moderate a panel of educators…

Vanessa Greenwood, Ph.D.
March 12, 2011

Summer Professional Development Available

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From Standards to PracticeMay 16-June 3, 2011 (online only) Media and Technology Literacies: From Standards to Practice This online workshop focuses on the construction of…

Vanessa Greenwood, Ph.D.
February 22, 2011

Media Literacy—Parody as Empowerment

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Many have heard of the 2006 Canadian Dove “Evolution” campaign where the viewer gets to see up close and personal the evolution of a female…

Vanessa Greenwood, Ph.D.
February 22, 2011

Show Your Media Literacy

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In case you missed it, the Manitoba Association for Computing Educators (ManACE) created this video in celebration of Media Awareness Week back in 2009. It’s…

Vanessa Greenwood, Ph.D.
February 20, 2011

Digital Media—New Learners of the 21st Century (PBS)

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This is a highly thoughtful 1-hour PBS feature of 5 innovative schooling projects in search for the purpose of education in the 21st century. It’s…

Vanessa Greenwood, Ph.D.
February 16, 2011

Powerful Voices for Kids (& the RH Factor)

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One of my favorite media educators and researchers is Renee Hobbs of the Media Education Lab at Temple University (among other ventures). Her Powerful Voices…

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