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MediaEd Forum 2025
Join us for the 18th MediaEd Forum!We've changed the name of the Northeast Media Literacy Conference (now in its 18th year) to reflect the growing global diversity of our online knowledge community!Conference Theme: Testing Media Literacy in Times of CrisisFriday & Saturday, January 10-11, 2025 ONLINE VIA ZOOM -…
Read MoreSurviving Election Season & Beyond
Media Literacy for Concerned Citizens Disinformation, political ads, and scams…oh my! Is it safe to turn on your TV or go online these days without fear of the things that go bump in the night? Media literacy is a practice that can help you tame the media monsters, providing you and your loved ones the questions to ask about the many media messages we receive each day to identify bias,…
Read MoreDigital Tattoo: A Students as Partners Digital Literacy Initiative
In this webinar, librarians from University of British Columbia and University of Toronto will discuss the Digital Tattoo (DT) - a cross-institutional digital identity literacy initiative that employs a student as partners (SaP) model. They will discuss the project’s ethos and how this project is shaped in partnership with students and other academic…
Read MoreIntroduction to Digital Ubuntu/Empathy
In the first webinar, co-hosts Aurra Kawanzaruwa and Yonty Friesem will share their personal journey to explore empathy/Ubunto as they work in the area of media education and digital citizenship across the globe. Additionally, they will set up the stage to discuss the connection between the scholarship and practice of media education with the concepts of Ubuntu/Empathy. As we get more and more…
Read MoreRead, Write, Roar! And More!
 Detroit PBS and the Michigan Learning Channel are expanding media literacy offerings to K-12 educators and their students. Join us to learn about the newest series of content from Read, Write, ROAR!, a popular program from the Michigan Learning Channel. The new upper elementary series helps build media literacy skills for students in 4th and 5th grade using standards-aligned social studies and…
Read MoreThe Routledge Handbook of Media Education Futures Post-Pandemic.
Our team from the Media Education Lab is proud to announce the publication of The Routledge Handbook of Media Education Futures Post-Pandemic. This handbook showcases how educators and practitioners around the world adapted their routine media…
Read MoreExploring the Roots of Digital and Media Literacy through Personal Narrative
Explore the multidisciplinary nature of media literacy education It's been said that the lack of scholarship about the history of media literacy has been a source of some of the conflicts and debates among scholars and practitioners. Media literacy stands at the intersection of the fields of media studies and education, and these scholars have divergent perspectives on the past, present and…
Read MoreSet Your Motivation
The Digital Learning Horoscope is a 48-item Likert scale instrument that assesses teachers’ perception of the value and relevance of six conceptual themes, namely: attitudes toward technology tools, genres and formats; message content and quality; community connectedness; texts and audiences; media systems; and learner-centered focus. …
Read MoreThe Media Straight Up! Media Literacy Guide for Middle School
THE MEDIA LITERACY GUIDECreated by Renee Hobbs and the Media Education Lab and co-sponsored by Drug Free Pennsylvania. Access the PDF from the Pennsylvania Department of Drug Prevention Programs. Renee Hobbs and a team of Pennsylvania educators developed The Media Straight Up to…
Read MoreDiscovering Media Literacy
Visit the website Discover Media Literacy to see lesson plans for staff development programs with teachers, along with videos and student work samples linked to our book!…
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