Upon completing the first-ever M.A. program in Media Psychology and Social Change, a pioneering field that focuses on how human behavior is affected by the media and how to use it to influence social change, Diana Graber and Cynthia Lieberman felt compelled to apply their state-of-the-art education and 40+ years of combined entertainment/media experience to the emerging field of digital media and learning. Their goal is to share their passion for new media literacy and technology in education with others by offering fun, easy-to-use, credible content and materials that show not just how but why it pays to be CyberWise.
The CyberCivics blog is about teaching New Media Literacy at Journey School, a progressive public charter school in Aliso Viejo, CA, that utilizes Waldorf teaching methods. The administrator and teacher at Journey agreed to turn a weekly civics class into Cyber Civics, so that students enter cyberspace as well-prepared digital citizens. This is their journey!