The Digital Media Academy (DMA) is a nationally-recognized organization offering hands-on learning experiences in a broad range of digital media technologies. DMA offers summer technology training for adults and computer camps for kids and teens ages 6 – 18. Founded in 2001 by a group from Stanford University, DMA is best known for its premier […]
SIR KEN ROBINSON: What is Education
Sir Ken Robinson, PhD is an internationally recognized leader in the development of education, creativity and innovation. He is also one of the world’s leading speakers with a profound impact on audiences everywhere. The videos of his famous 2006 and 2010 talks to the prestigious TED Conference have been seen by an estimated 200 million […]
Youth and Digital Media: From Credibility to Information Quality
Urs Gasser Harvard University – Berkman Center for Internet & Society; University of St. Gallen—– Sandra Cortesi Harvard University – Berkman Center for Internet & Society—– Momin Malik Harvard University – Berkman Center for Internet & Society—– Ashley Lee Harvard University – Berkman Center for Internet & Society—————————— Building upon a process- and context-oriented information […]
Global Teachers: A Conceptual Model for Building Teachers’ Intercultural Competence Online
Erin M. McCloskey, Madison (United States)_________ Foreign language ability, global awareness, and intercultural communication skills are increasingly recognized as essential dimensions of productive participation in the emerging economic, civic, political and social arenas of the 21st century. Consequently, these skills are being promoted more intentionally than ever across the spectrum of K16 education. This newly […]
Spaniards’ Perspective of Immigration. The Role of the Media
Juan Carlos Checa Olmos, Almería (Spain) Ángeles Arjona Garrido, Almería (Spain) With the transformation of Spain into an immigration country, society has become a major change by setting up a social space characterized, increasingly, by cultural, ethnic and religious diversity. In this new frame is interesting to investigate the overall value of diversity into the […]
BEYOND THE GUTENBERG PARENTHESIS: EXPLORING NEW PARADIGMS IN MEDIA AND LEARNING
Robert F. Kenny Department of Digital Media, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA ————————- There are those who agree with Tom Pettitt that we are entering into a period where text based literacy is no longer the only measure of intelligence, nor is it the only form of valuable communications and knowledge acquisition for […]
Modern Media Makers (M3) Archive: Project Philly 2011
The 2011 student productions, a meta documentary on the experience, Q&A footage, and bonus behind-the-scenes clips, and an excerpt of their conversation with Mohammed Bilal. What happens when you take 16 teenagers from all over the country, put them into a small, hot room, give them video cameras and set them loose in the streets […]
THE PRACTICE OF MEDIA EDUCATION: INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH ON SIX EUROPEAN COUNTRIES
Alberto Parola, Faculty of Education, University of Turin, Turin, ITALY Maria Ranieri , Faculty of Education, University of Florence, Florence, ITALY———— This paper presents and discusses the results of OnAir, a European project on Media Education funded by the European Commission. This two-year project aimed at collecting, documenting, and developing media education practices across Europe, […]
MAKING SENSE OF TV FOR CHILDREN: THE CASE OF PORTUGAL
Communication and Society Research Centre, University of Minho, PORTUGAL Empowering children for a critical and judicious use and consumption of media is a main objective of media literacy. This paper aims to examine the range of television programs available for children in Portugal through a comparative analysis of the programming for children broadcast by the […]
Film Education: Memory and Heritage
Film education in the digital age should be based on three closely-related and complementary fundamentals: to see, to analyze and to make films with young people; three basics that must interact and support each other. The concept of creative analysis could be the glue the binds this subject together, making it coherent and efficient for […]
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