Come see what Project Literacy Among Youth (PLAY) has to offer educators, parents, and kids. You are never too old or too young to become media literate or foster media literacy in others.
Nearly half of the adult U.S. population is health illiterate. Media literacy is key to understanding health information and preventing "information obesity."
If you can access, analyze, evaluate, produce, communicate, and act upon a variety of media forms, you have the critical habits of mind and skills of inquiry needed to be successful in the 21st century.
Teachers who implement methods that are inquiry-based, technologically-proficient, and grounded in critical thinking provide students with the habits of mind and skills needed to successfully navigate life beyond school.
Children are consuming screen-based information upwards of 9 hours a day. Find out how you can make the most of screen time and foster the best age-appropriate learning.
The eighth annual Northeast Media Literacy Conference, was held at the University of Connecticut on March 26, 2010. Keynote speakers were Dr. Susan Linn, author, and Director of the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood, and Frank Baker, media literacy leader and creator
Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) can facilitate, even transform, teachers’ understanding of their subject area and pedagogy. At a recent professional development workshop (Classroom Reset 2010: Innovations in Teaching and Learning Conference) Vanessa Domine explored with high school teachers the characteristics
The National Association for Media Literacy Education (NAMLE) Conference was held August 1-4, 2009 in Detroit, Michigan. It was chock full of scholars and practitioners exploring the critical and creative ways to engage in the pedagogy of media literacy education. We mingled