Academy Award-winning actress Geena Davis talks with the “PBS NewsHour’s” Simon Marks about her quest for gender equity in film at the PBS Annual Meeting in Orlando, Florida. This interview draws attention to the substantial research (via USC) from the
Looking for Digital Media Literacy Resources?
PBS provides teachers with excellent tools to both create and consume media content. From Arthur’s Guide to Media Literacy to FRONTLINE segments on what it means to be a human in a 21st Century digital world—there is something here for
Building 21st-Century Teachers: An Intentional Pedagogy of Media Literacy Education
High quality teacher education requires a complex body of knowledge, skills, and dispositions. Media literacy education can (and should be thought of) as an intentional and essential framework in which to catalyze essential knowledge, skills, and dispositions for 21st-century teacher
Going Hollywood: Media Literacy Education through Filmmaking
In March I had the pleasure of attending the International Family Film Festival at Raleigh Studios in Hollywood, CA to moderate a panel of educators and film makers on the topic, “Media literacy: Is it ‘good’ for us?” I was
Summer Professional Development Available
From Standards to PracticeMay 16-June 3, 2011 (online only) Media and Technology Literacies: From Standards to Practice This online workshop focuses on the construction of standards-based curriculum and supporting uses of technology to achieve educational goals. Participants operationally define the