“New media” does not change the essence of what media literacy is, nor does it affect its ongoing importance in society. Len Masterman, a UK-based professor, published his ground-breaking books in the 1980’s and laid the foundation for media literacy to be taught to elementary and secondary students in a systematic way that is consistent, […]
Resources
Three-Year-Old Photographers: Educational Mediation as a Basis for Visual Literacy via Digital Photography in Early Childhood
The study examines two years of an educational program for children aged three to four, based on the use of digital cameras. It assesses the program’s effects on the children and adults involved in the project, and explores how they help the youngsters acquire visual literacy. Operating under the assumption that formal curricula usually marginalize […]
Learning to Live Together: The role of education in preventing violent extremism
Whenever I hear words such as “violent extremism”, it is as if I am drained and a feeling of fatigue overpowers me. The words conjure up images of dead and wounded children and young people. Children as victims. There is Alan Kurdî, the little boy found drowned on the beach in Turkey. There is Omran […]
Connecting the dots: Media & Information Literacy, Preventing Violent Extremism, and the Global Goals
Most of the efforts to prevent young people’s attraction towards violent extremism fall on ears that are mainly already immune to the lure of violence connected to some form of religious extremism. Many research and studies indicate that social exclusion (real or perceived) is in fact the main engine that pushes young people towards violent […]
K–12 Digital Citizenship Curriculum
Navigating cyberbullying, privacy, safety, and other digital dilemmas are a real challenge for schools. But technology also provides incredible opportunities for students to learn, connect, create, and collaborate in ways never before imagined. Your school can build a positive school culture that supports the safe and responsible use of technology with Common Sense Education’s K-12 […]
Does media literacy need a makeover?
Today’s news is filled with stories highlighting the need for us to bring an analytical and critical perspective to reports we read about the election and to the statements and tweets offered up by the candidates. I agree. That’s why I’m always harping on the need for media literacy. Those analytical, critical-thinking skills are media […]
Media and Learning News (Oct 2016)
The Media & Learning Association operates a number of dissemination channels including the monthly Media & Learning Newsletter sent to almost 12,000 email addresses each month, a full set of operational social media channels and a webinar service webinar service as well as having an established reputation for creating and distributing information in multiple languages across […]
Teen Voices
Teen Voices at Women’s eNews is a fresh stage in the evolution of Teen Voices, a print publication and mentoring program that began in Boston in 1988. In 2013, the organization entrusted Women’s eNews to retain the brand and expand the Teen Voices mission on a global scale through adult-written articles that put girls’ voices […]
Media & Learning Conference 2016 (Report)
The Media & Learning Brussels 2016 Conference was organised by the Flemish Ministry of Education and Training and the Media & Learning Association with the support of the European Commission, DG Connect. It took place on 10-11 March 2016 in the Ministry Headquarters in Brussels and involved 290 participants from 30 countries who came together […]
Remaking Social Media for the Next Revolution
A hero of the Egyptian revolution laments the limits of social media and hopes to improve online dialogue. In 2011, Wael Ghonim was a Google executive in Cairo who helped launch the Egyptian revolution. His Facebook page, expressing outrage about a young man killed by police, became a rallying point for protests that led to […]
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