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