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Organizational Members

NAMLE is proud to present our organizational members.  NAMLE organizational members contribute education, outreach, and research to advance media literacy education.

Baylor University

The Department of Curriculum and Instruction at Baylor University offers undergraduate degrees resulting in elementary, middle level, and secondary teacher certification and Master’s, Ed.D., and Ph.D. degrees in C & I, with a cognate. Cognates include media literacy and educational technology. Financial assistance is available. The mission of the department reflects Baylor’s mission to offer students a strong academic and Christian experience in higher education, preparing leaders for the future.  Media literacy is a new strand but a key part of preparing educational leaders at all levels and for many roles. Dr. Gretchen Schwarz works in media literacy, especially in the area of graphic novels.

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Brigham Young University

Founded in 1925 as the first fine arts college in the Intermountain West, BYU’s College of Fine Arts and Communications has an average of 775 graduates each year – with more than 24,000 alumni. The college is one of the university’s largest, teaching approximately 3,600 students each year in 36 degree programs.

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Cable in the Classroom

Cable in the Classroom [CIC] is the education foundation of the US cable industry.  Our mission is to promote visionary, sensible, responsible and effective use of media and technology for teaching and learning.  To that end, CIC focuses on three areas:  Digital Citizenship; educational multimedia, both online and on air, and; broadband technology and content. In each of these areas, media literacy plays a key role.  Through our website [www.ciconline.org], projects with cable network and operators, and in partnerships, sponsorships, and pilot projects, Cable in the Classroom works to advance media literacy education.  In addition, each month, CIC’s website points towards the educational video programming and websites made available by cable networks for educators to use, as well as special projects, contests, and initiatives of interest to educators.

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Center for Media Literacy

Center for Media Literacy (CML) LogoThe Center for Media Literacy (CML) is an educational organization that provides leadership, public education, professional development and educational resources nationally and internationally. Dedicated to promoting and supporting media literacy education as a framework for accessing, analyzing, evaluating, creating and participating with media content, CML works to help citizens, especially the young, develop critical thinking and media production skills needed to live fully in the 21st century media culture.

CML provides public education, professional development, educational resources and curriculum, assessments and implementation programs for media literacy education primarily in P-K12 schools as well as for youth production programs and community organizations.  CML’s strong focus on health and media has resulted in programs on violence prevention, nutrition, body image, addiction, smoking cessation and sexuality. CML’s online searchable Reading Room contains more than 1,000 pages and a history of media literacy, and its research-based framework for media literacy provides a solid foundation for designing and developing media literacy programs and content.

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Editure Digital School Solutions

Digital School Solutions LogoEditure Digital School Solutions understands the challenges of the transition to 21st-century teaching and learning. To meet the challenges, we bring a near 20-year tradition of professional development support to schools and districts. We employ a wide variety of services, including workshops, multi-day institutes, on-site job-embedded consulting, and a blended model (on-site and online) of professional development to help schools and districts transform into vibrant 21st-century learning communities. Below is a sampling of how we currently work in schools:

  1. Facilitating the creation of whole school innovation plans aligned to state, and the ISTE national technology standards, and NAMLE’s Core Concepts of Media Literacy
  2. Developing school-based online learning communities
  3. Assisting teachers in the creation and implementation of project-based, technology infused learning experiences
  4. Increasing the ability of staff and students to use technology to locate, evaluate, collect and organize information from a variety of sources.

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Erie 2-Chautauqua-Cattaraugus BOCES

BOCES, or Board of Cooperative Educational Services, is a public education collaborative in New York State that function as extensions of local school districts.

A BOCES is able to provide services that school districts may be too small to offer on their own or that would be more economical to offer collaboratively, sharing costs with other school districts.

The function of a BOCES is to provide shared services to component school districts in a manner that is effective, efficient, and fosters equity for students.

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Gateway Media Literacy Partners

Gateway Media Literacy Partners, Inc., (GMLP) begun as an
affinity group in 2004, is starting its fourth year as a nonprofit
501c3 citizen-based organization operating in Missouri and
Illinois. GMLP comprises individual, institutional and
student members representing the public, private, volunteer
and independent sectors. They understand media literacy
and media literacy education offer all citizens a nexus for change. GMLP conducts media literacy education workshops and programs for a variety of audiences, and thus have an opportunity to earn GMLP’s Media Literacy Enrichment Certificate. Earning the certificate means the participants have also learned about NAMLE’s Core Principles of Media Literacy Education (CPMLE) which GMLP supports..

GMLP is focused on creating awareness about the need for media literate communities and sustained media literacy education in both formal and informal education settings and thus has become a business model for doing the same in other communities, nationally and internationally.

In 2011, GMLP will hold its fifth Media Literacy Week whose theme focuses on Canadian theorist, media studies educator, philosopher and scholar, Marshall McLuhan, who has strong ties to St. Louis and whose centennial birthday celebration is being celebrated.

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Home, Inc.

HOME, Inc. (“Here-in Our Motives Evolve”) is a 34-year old, non-profit organization.

Our mission is to make a positive difference in the lives of young people.  We teach video production and media analysis to educators and youth to foster confident, creative, individuals with the ability to think for themselves.

Our programs help students develop creative media projects that foster teamwork and communication skills. HOME’s media projects and programs focus on teacher and student collaboration and the ability to effectively evaluate media messages, in order to enhance critical thinking skills.

For HOME, the arts are a vital means of self-expression and a fundamental tool for stimulating lifelong learning.

HOME also supports artists with its “Artist in Residence” program.

We invite you to review the exciting projects, people, education, multimedia services and opportunities we offer in partnership with education and arts organizations.

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Innovation Research & Training, Inc.

Innovation Research & Training (iRT) develops, evaluates, and disseminates evidence-based media literacy education (MLE) programs that have health promotion and risk reduction goals. These programs are designed for use with a wide variety of audiences including children, adolescents, parents, teachers, prevention specialists, and community groups. More information about these programs can be found at www.irtinc.us and www.irtprevention.com. iRT is committed to conducting high quality, innovative, basic and applied research as well as creating products and services that better society with a focus on enhancing the mental health, health, and quality of life of children, adolescents, families, communities, and organizations.

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Jacob Burns Film Center & Media Arts Lab

The Jacob Burns Film Center (JBFC) is a nonprofit educational and cultural institution dedicated to presenting the best of independent, documentary, and world cinema; promoting 21st century literacy; and making film a vibrant part of the community. Housing a state-of-the-art theater complex, a 27,000 square-foot Media Arts Lab, and a residence for international filmmakers, the JBFC campus provides opportunities for people of all ages to discover, explore, and learn through the power of film, media and 21st-century technology.

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The Lamp

The LAMP is a non-profit organization creating a grassroots movement to reform and improve media. The LAMP’s vision is that one day media literacy will be seen as the critical requirement to understanding the world and our place in it. Educated consumers demanding more accountable media will create a ground swell to which media companies will have to respond. As part of this movement, The LAMP works in communities to build healthy relationships with all forms of media.

The LAMP is for a media-savvy youth, for a more involved parent, for an innovative and modern educator.
For a critical mass.

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Media Education Lab

The Media Education Lab at Temple University is committed to advancing media literacy education through research and community service. We emphasize interdisciplinary scholarship and practice that stands at the intersections of communication, media studies and education. Since 2003, we have worked with organizations and schools to promote digital and media literacy and foster critical thinking and civic engagement among students and educators locally and nationwide. A signature program of the Media Education Lab, Powerful Voices for Kids, is a partnership between Temple University and the Russell Byers Charter School in Center City, Philadelphia. Powerful Voices is a summer enrichment program that integrates media literacy learning into a K-12 urban environment. The mission of the program is to strengthen children’s abilities to think for themselves, communicate effectively using language and technology tools, and use their powerful voices to contribute to the quality of life in their families, their schools, their communities, and the world.

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The Media Spot

The Media Spot

The Media Spot promotes media literacy through the integration of digital media, the Internet, and other emerging technologies into existing curricula.  We specialize in bringing student-centered digital media production to classrooms, afterschool programs, camps and other educational settings, and provide resources for students and educators to tap into the larger media literacy movement through themediaspot.org.

TMS services include:

  • Short and Long-term custom media education and technology planning for K-12 schools, afterschool programs, camps and other learning environments
  • Planning, facilitations, and collaboration on media production units with educators and students
  • Development of custom websites, blogs and other social networking tools and related professional development
  • Professional Development workshops for educators on media literacy through informed and effective use of digital technologies and new media to enhance curricula
  • School technology assessment and long-term planning

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Northwest Film Center

The Northwest Film Center (based in Portland, Oregon and serving the Pacific NW region), www.nwfilm.org, one of the nation’s oldest and most comprehensive media arts centers, was founded in 1972 to create and support a climate in which the moving image arts might flourish. With a robust, year-round exhibition program of independent cinema and video art, including the Portland International Film Festival, the Center’s media education activities include: the Shool of Film, an adult education program for emerging artists, educators and avocational professionals, with a curriculum accredited by partnering higher education institutions; the Media Arts Academy for Teachers, a graduate level intensive summer institute for K-12 educators about using media in the classroom; and the Young Filmmakers Program, which provides artist residencies, career exposure activities and student recognition programs for K-12 schools, community organizations and social service providers throughout Oregon.

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Office of Catechetical Services – Cleveland, Ohio

 

The Office of Catechetical Services provides many services to parish, schools and other diocesan organizations.

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Pauline Center for Media Studies

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Project Look Sharp

Project Look SharpProject Look Sharp is a media literacy initiative at Ithaca College. We support
the integration of media literacy into classroom curricula at all grade levels and instructional areas. Our curriculum-driven approach works directly with K-12 teachers and support staff through workshops and presentations, while at the college level we provide support to teacher education programs and faculty in a range of other fields.

To support the integration of media literacy into classroom instruction, we have developed a wide range of curriculum kits and lessons that teach core content through classroom-based interactive media decoding. All kits and lessons are available free online for use by educators, and include media documents, teacher guides, student handouts, and background material; many kits include assessments. Most kis are targeted for middle school through college-level courses. Please visit
our website for more information.

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Russell Byers Charter School

The Russell Byers Charter School provides students roots, a safe, stimulating environment with a rigorous academic education grounded in Expeditionary Learning. Our students take responsibility for their learning to become powerful communicators, creative problem solvers and compassionate, engaged citizens. Russell Byers students develop wings to succeed in selective schools and embrace a love for learning.

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Saint Mark’s School

Saint Mark’s School discovers and nurtures what is finest in each child in a vibrant, inclusive, non-sectarian learning community. Innovative and full of heart, Saint Mark’s strives to develop well-rounded critical thinkers in a challenging program that fosters academic excellence and responsible world citizenship.

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http://www.saintmarksschool.org/

University of Arizona

The Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health is dedicated to promoting the health of communities in the southwest and globally with an emphasis on achieving health equity through excellence in education, research & service.

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USC Annenberg Innovation Lab

The central goal for Project New Media Literacies (Project NML) is identifying and creating educational practices that will prepare teachers and students to become full and active participants in the new digital culture. The Common Core Standards define what all students are expected to know and be able to do, but not how teachers should teach. Following Horst and colleagues (Horst, Herr-Stephenson, & Robinson, in press), NML’s program PLAY! uses the concept of ecology to describe the “characteristics of an overall technical, social, cultural, and place–based system, in which the components are not decomposable or separable” (p.26). Student daily practices are situated within their learning ecologies and hence are dynamically interrelated to their existing conditions, infrastructures of place, and technologies. Although the classroom and interaction among teachers and learners is at the center of this ecology, adults’ and youths’ worlds are co-constituted, suggesting that school, after-school, home, and online places are all organic parts of the ecosystem.

Through integration of the new media literacies into the classroom, both teachers and students alike will gain the ability to make and reflect upon media and in the process, acquire important skills in teamwork, leadership, problem solving, collaboration, brainstorming, communications, and creating projects. By designing and implementing a participatory learning environment, new teaching practices will help create a…

  • Space yielding heightened motivation and new forms of engagement through meaningful play and experimentation;
  • Place where real world situations and considerations guide authentic learning that feels relevant to students’ realities and interests;
  • Culture that nurtures creativity with media, tools and practices;
  • Community designed for co-configured expertise, where educators and students pool their knowledge and share in the tasks of teaching and learning;
  • Context that situates itself within a larger learning eco-system.

This is Project New Media Literacies vision for a next generation school model that can take advantage of technology, accelerate academic performance, and increase college readiness.

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Zaner-Bloser

We create dynamic, appealing and effective educational programs and services. Our focus is on distinctive programs that inspire all students to become engaged, literate participants in the global society.

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