From November 2 to November 6, the U.S. will celebrate the very first Media Literacy Week. The National Association for Media Literacy Education (NAMLE), noting…
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Media Literacy is More Than Technological Proficiency
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…
Critical Media Health Literacy
Just when I think cultivating healthy kids and healthy schools is too much of an uphill battle, I am inspired by young people (and the…
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…
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…
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…
A Blueprint for Teaching Young Children in a Digital Age
The challenge of improving teacher preparation and ongoing learning led to the creation of the Digital Age Teacher Preparation Council, established by the Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame…
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…