This is an excerpt of an article in which I was quoted. You can read the full article at the link below. By Dina El…
digital and media literacy
When Did Fall Become a Flavor? Pumpkin Spice Has Literally Reached Bottom
Prefer to Listen? Autumn arrives early on my farmstead. I don’t mean calendar early. I mean, I spend enough time outside that sometime in late…
Let’s PLAY Checkers
Rather than simply disregard information as “fake news” media literate individuals are empowered as “critical thinkers and makers, effective communicators and active citizens.” Translation: They actively engage with the media and information ecosystem by adopting the mantra: When in doubt, check it out. Folks at the COMM+MEDIA Research Collaboratory have curated a short list of fact checking web sites that will help kids and adults alike locate truth in popular news stories in the areas of politics, economics, science, and health. A game of fact checkers, anyone?
Celling Your Soul
To commemorate the 3rd Annual National Media Literacy Week (Nov 6-10) PLAY executive director and professor in the School of Communication and Media Vanessa Domine hosted…
A Journey to Media Literacy
A big digital knuckle bump to the European Association for Viewers’ Interests (EAVI) for creating a Ning community to magnify the principles of media literacy, especially to…
Technology, Transmedia and Happily Ever After
Although there are media literacy traditionalists who view technology and media literacy as frenemies, I see the two as a match made in heaven. My recent exposure to a…
Media Literacy Summer Courses
Summer Professional Development 2012 Media & Technology Literacies: From Standards to Practice This 3-week online course focuses on the construction of standards-based curriculum and supporting…
Live Chat: Fostering Digital Citizenship (Nov 7)
In conjunction with Canada’s Media Literacy Week, the National Association for Media Literacy Education (NAMLE) is hosting a bi-national call to action in a live…
Knight and Days of Media Literacy
This past weekend I had the pleasure of participating in DM3C Live—a conversation about the intersection of digital and media literacy and civic engagement at…
DM3C Live: Engaging Students, Community & the Field of Communication
To contribute to and expand the emerging field of digital and media literacy, the Knight School of Communication at Queens University of Charlotte is engaging three…