When 50 million children and adolescents return to school this fall, they will be immersed in the core subjects of Language Arts, Mathematics, Social Studies…
Author: Vanessa Greenwood, Ph.D.
Professor at Montclair State University, New Jersey, USA | Research interests include media literacy, communication, education, and technology.
The State of Obesity
Did you know… Kentucky high school students have the worst obesity rate in the United States? Utah high school students have the lowest obesity rate…
Throw Back Media @NAMLE2015
What a great weekend in Philadelphia with media and information literacy educators from across the globe—convening for the 2015 NAMLE/MILID conference. The theme this year…
Noodle Interview
I was interviewed (as Vanessa Domine) by Noodle.com back in 2011 as one of their panel of educational “experts.” Here is what they published. Who…
Attend the 2015 NAMLE Conference
Interested in learning more about media literacy & media use in the classroom to promote health literacy?
Join NAMLE June 26 – 27 for its national media literacy conference. Educators, researchers, librarians and youth-media experts will
converge in Philadelphia for two energetic days of idea-sharing, brainstorming, and professional development focused on media in the classroom and media literacy. As a bonus, CEU credits are being offered to K12 teachers at no charge. Read more
Join us at NAMLE in Philly this summer
Interested in joining me to learn more about media literacy & media use in the classroom? I am very excited about the eclectic program I’ve assembled of some of the best and brightest media literacy scholars, educators, practitioners, activists and artists around. Read more
Fed Up with the Obesity Crisis
If you haven’t seen the 2014 documentary, Fed Up, we highly recommend that you set aside 92 minutes of your time and snuggle up on the…
3 Minutes to Health Literacy
Ontario Physical and Health Education Association, aka Ophea, is a not-for-profit organization stationed in Canada. Their vision is congruent with the goals outlined in Healthy Teens. Ophea promotes…
Revving the Nutritious Lunch Engine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSOnFWdnkK0 It takes some serious guts and passion to set up healthy shop on site of a former McDonald’s. Kristin Richmond and Kirsten Tobey, two…
Harvard Discovers a New Planet
Researchers at Harvard University collaborated with teachers and principals of public middle schools to create an incredible interdisciplinary curriculum. Planet Health was developed with the…