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  • JMLE Call for Papers: Volume 2, Issue 2

    JMLE Call for Papers: Volume 2, Issue 2

    Submission deadline: October 1st The Journal of Media Literacy Education is an online interdisciplinary journal that supports the development of research, scholarship and the pedagogy of media literacy education.  The journal provides a forum for established and emerging scholars, media professionals and educational practitioners in and out of schools.  As an extended conceptualization of literacy, media literacy [...]

  • ITVS Community Classroom: Can You Own a Sound?

    ITVS Community Classroom: Can You Own a Sound?

    Can You Own a Sound? This provocative question is raised in a new resource from Community Classroom: Four lesson plans and film modules for Copyright Criminals, a dynamic documentary from Independent Lens that explores the origins of sampling culture in hip-hop music, copyright, creativity, and technological change. This curriculum is an invaluable tool for teachers [...]

  • NAMLE 2011 Conference | Global Visions, Local Connections: Voices in Media Literacy Education

    NAMLE 2011 Conference | Global Visions, Local Connections: Voices in Media Literacy Education

    Experience media literacy at the next NAMLE conference, in Old Philadelphia-America’s Most Historic Square Mile. The conference will be held July 22-25, 2011 at the Sheraton Society Hill. Visit our Conference Page for details, links and resources to get involved!

  • Book Review: Media Literacy is Elementary

    Book Review: Media Literacy is Elementary

    “Not teaching critical media literacy to your first graders? Why not?! With television and Internet content shaping how children see their world and themselves, Jeff Share argues ‘the earlier the better’.” -Carol Jago

  • The Core Principles of Media Literacy Education

    The Core Principles of Media Literacy Education

    As the field of media literacy education has matured over the past 25 years, its focus has evolved from WHAT is taught to HOW we teach. The Core Principles of Media Literacy Education is a NAMLE project to expand the boundaries of the field and encompass the opportunities and possibilities of 21st century learning technologies to transform both learning and teaching.

The Journal: Featured Articles

Evaluating Media Literacy Education: Concepts, Theories and Future Directions

Evaluating Media Literacy Education: Concepts, Theories and Future Directions

[ 0 ] July 31, 2010

NAMLE’s Journal of Media Literacy Education (JMLE) Issue 2 is now Online! JMLE Feature Article No. 2: Evaluating Media Literacy Education: Concepts, Theories and Future Directions BIO: Hans Martens received his master’s degree in Social Sciences from the Catholic University of Leuven (Belgium) in 2004. In 2005 he completed an additional master in Film Studies and Visual [...]

Lights, Camera, Action: Using Film and Graphic Novels to Explore Themes of Power and Social Control in the High School English Classroom

Lights, Camera, Action: Using Film and Graphic Novels to Explore Themes of Power and Social Control in the High School English Classroom

[ 0 ] May 22, 2010

Our Journal of Media Literacy Education Issue 2 is now online. Our 3rd feature from this issue is Lights, Camera, Action: Using Film and Graphic Novels to Explore Themes of Power and Social Control in the High School English Classroom, by Dolores D’Angelo.

M-Passioned Members

August 2010 M-Passioned Member: Kara Clayton

August 2010 M-Passioned Member: Kara Clayton

[ 0 ] August 9, 2010

1) What do you do? I am about to start my 16th year of teaching Media Studies classes at Thurston High School, which is located in the South Redford School District of Southeast Michigan.  Long story, short: I created a popular media program that includes courses in media literacy, an introductory media production class, and [...]

July 2010 M-Passioned Member: John McManus

July 2010 M-Passioned Member: John McManus

[ 0 ] July 19, 2010

“If the public can’t discern truth from falsehood, it will inevitably make poor choices.”

NAMLE Conference Updates

NAMLE 2011 Conference | Global Visions, Local Connections: Voices in Media Literacy Education

NAMLE 2011 Conference | Global Visions, Local Connections: Voices in Media Literacy Education

[ 1 ] April 15, 2010

Experience media literacy at the next NAMLE conference, in Old Philadelphia-America’s Most Historic Square Mile. The conference will be held July 22-25, 2011 at the Sheraton Society Hill. Visit our Conference Page for details, links and resources to get involved!

NAMLE 2009 Detroit Conference Recap

NAMLE 2009 Detroit Conference Recap

[ 1 ] September 12, 2009

The every-two-year NAMLE National Conference is the premier opportunity for training and professional development in the field of media literacy education. This post lists links to some of the online highlights from the 2009 Conference in Detroit, MI.

NAMLE Action!

The Board Room, August 2010

[ 0 ] August 22, 2010

What has your Board of Directors been up to this summer? We launched a totally revamped website on NAMLE.net!  Special thanks to Rhys Daunic.  We will be officially promoting that launch in September to the extended media literacy community. We launched an updated Marketplace for media literacy resources, now connected to Amazon.com and integrated into [...]

Marketplace Feature: Drop That Knowledge

Marketplace Feature: Drop That Knowledge

[ 0 ] August 22, 2010

As technology creates upheaval and resources dwindle, journalism and education are fighting for their futures. The insightful new book, Drop that Knowledge: Youth Radio Stories, offers an answer and inspires new thinking about youth as next-generation storytellers who transform worlds. [NAMLE Marketplace price: $18.95]  ORDER NOW