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NAMLE Members win NCTE Media Literacy Award!

[ 0 ] September 4, 2012 |

The National Council for Teachers of English announced that long-time NAMLE member and former board member, Kara Clayton and NAMLE member Erin Ferris are the recipients of the Seventh Annual NCTE Media Literacy Award!

The Executive Director for NCTE praised them for their “persistent, innovative and imaginative application of media analysis and media composition in the English studies. The NCTE Media Literacy Award Committee commends you for your dedication to media literacy.”

Kara and Erin’s award winning entry focuses on their development of a comprehensive media studies program at Thurston High School in the South Redford School District in Michigan. This program has grown from a single section of a mass media course in 1996 to the present multiple-teacher program that encompasses courses for freshmen through seniors and includes both media analysis and production courses. The award will be presented at NCTE’s annual conference in November. Dr. William Kist, from Kent State University, is the chair of the NCTE Media Literacy Award Committee.

Information on these recipients, and past NCTE award recipients, is available on Frank Baker’s Media Literacy Clearinghouse Web site.

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About Rhys Daunic: Rhys is a member of the NAMLE board of directors currently serving the Executive Committee as Secretary, and is chair of the Communications Committee. He is a Brooklyn based educator and consultant who integrates media literacy education into a variety of learning environments around the country. He is co-founder and director of The Media Spot, where he specializes in working with organizations, educators and students to design and implement curricula that align media literacy concepts with learning goals through 21st century forms of communication. Rhys also works with schools and non-profits to create and maintain customized online learning networks, sharing all teaching resources, production notes, articles, tutorials, and archived student productions with the educational community through themediaspot.org. Additionally, Rhys provides workshops and embedded professional development to K-12 schools throughout New York City as an educational technology consultant with Digital School Solutions (DSS). View author profile.

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