The 2013 National Association for Media Literacy Education (NAMLE) Conference will be held July 12-13 in Torrance, CA. The theme is “Intersections: Teaching and Learning Across Media.”Disruption…
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Health and Media Literacy Education
What does it mean to be healthy? In researching and writing my second book (Health Teens, Healthy Schools: How Media Literacy Can Save Education in the…
Aurora: Looking at Two Sides of the Same Coin
I originally wrote this piece for the members of the National Association for Media Literacy Education, but I think it is worth reposting here at…
Why the Success of One Laptop Per Child Matters
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) recently commended the Peruvian government for providing children with access to technology through the One Laptop Per Child program (OLPC). OLPC…
Connection Leads to Innovation
In his book “Where Good Ideas Come From,” Steven Johnson explores the origins of groundbreaking ideas and arrives at an interesting conclusion: Good ideas don’t just erupt,…
Imagining the Possibilities of School
In a rich example of student-produced journalism, the Santa Barbara Middle School Teen Press interviews educational innovator Sir Ken Robinson backstage at his UCSB Arts…
Why Online Professionalism Matters
It’s quite a challenge to cultivate a sense of online professionalism among the pre-service teachers that I teach every semester. For some, the transition from…
The Need for Worldwide Media Literacy
Digital knuckle bump to Dina Pielaet of Ventura College (in my home state of California) for producing an elegant introductory video on media literacy. What…
Looking for Digital Media Literacy Resources?
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…
Building 21st-Century Teachers: An Intentional Pedagogy of Media Literacy Education
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…