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.
In conjunction with Canada’s Media Literacy Week, the National Association for Media Literacy Education (NAMLE) is hosting a bi-national call to action in a live chat Monday Nov 7th 7:00pm EST. The conversation will center on what it means to
This year’s theme of Canada’s Media Literacy Week is Digital Citizenship. Media Awareness Network (MNet) and the Canadian Teachers’ Federation (CTF) call on Canadians to encourage young people to reflect on their online lives, and their rights and responsibilities as
Because of its symbiotic nature, service learning is a powerful mechanism for urban teacher education. A service learning pedagogy supports academic and civic engagement among pre-service teachers and increases their openness to take risks, accept challenges and question the status
This past weekend I had the pleasure of participating in DM3C Live—a conversation about the intersection of digital and media literacy and civic engagement at the Knight School of Communication at Queens University of Charlotte (NC). Community Coordinator Jennifer Hull immaculately
To contribute to and expand the emerging field of digital and media literacy, the Knight School of Communication at Queens University of Charlotte is engaging three constituencies: Students, Community and the field of Communication to foster a high level of civic