After facing quadruple bypass surgery, former president Bill Clinton made a commitment to take charge of his own health. He was further inspired to spread…
Author: Vanessa Greenwood, Ph.D.
Professor at Montclair State University, New Jersey, USA | Research interests include media literacy, communication, education, and technology.
Lessons from NeverSeconds
In April 2012, nine-year-old Martha Payne with the help of her father started her own blog (neverseconds.blogspot.com) as part of a school writing project at…
Small Step for California, Giant Leap for School Cafeterias
The Center for Ecoliteracy has left an unprecedented mark in the movement for green schooling. Based in Berkley, California, this non-profit organization is spearheading the…
Healthy Choices from the Ground Up
The National Farm to School Network (NFSN) has brought local foods, health education, and hands-on gardening to over 40,000 schools in the America. This empowering…
Starting a Food [Education] Revolution
Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution aired on U.S. television between from March 2010 and June 2011. Its star was English celebrity chef and restaurateur Jamie Oliver…
Support Media Literacy Education in the U.S.
Media literacy is an essential set of core competencies for the 21st century. Yet, it is not a required subject area in U.S. schooling (although one can…
The Link between Health & Media Literacy
The significant increase in mass mediated messages about health over the past two decades has generated an increased sense of urgency for media literacy—not just among healthcare…
Healthy Teens, Healthy Schools: How Media Literacy Can Renew Education in the United States
My second book, Healthy Teens, Healthy Schools: How Media Literacy Can Renew Education in the United States (in press, Rowman & Littlefield) is intended for educators…
my return to (teaching) public speaking
After living the past twelve years in the realm of teacher education and technology, I elected this year to return to my communication roots. For…
Teachers as Curators
After an interesting semester of online teaching both undergrad and graduate pre-service teachers, I am intrigued by the recent discourse on digital content curation. This emerging…