Media Literacy highlights the importance of teaching children and teens digital and media literacy skills to ensure their interactions with media are positive and enriching. Media Literacy Week is an annual event that takes place every November. Co-led by MediaSmarts...
Date: Wednesday, November 5 Time: 6p.m. EST Join this Google Hangout where K-12 leaders and practitioners who are finding ways to integrate media literacy and youth media into teaching and learning in formal learning environments will be profiled. Participants...
Date: Wednesday, October 29, 2014 Time: 6p.m. EST Join a Google Hangout discussing youth media and media literacy with NAMLE member organizations that are also local and national leaders in the youth media field. Participants include: Free Spirit Media BAVC LAMP...
(Elaica Zayas) On Monday, July 14th we finally had our tour of the BBC. But before we began touring the wonderful new building of BBC, we met with Kevin Blacoe, Senior Advisor for Policy, Public Affairs and Communications in the BBC Learning Department. He explained...
(Elaica K. Zayas) This week our class has met with two children's media professionals who founded their own companies, Gary Pope with Kids Industries and Tony Collingwood with Collingwood & Co. Both told us their background and how they got started as well as...
(Elaica Zayas) Now that the conference has come to a complete end, I can truly say that I enjoyed this experience. For starters, I didn't think I would enjoy the city of Sheffield, but it was so welcoming and fun. I loved it and would for sure come back. The...
(Elaica Zayas) Last day of the Children's Media Conference! Sad to say that this conference in the lovely city of Sheffield has come to an end. There were a few sessions today beginning at 9:30. The session that was most interesting to me today was, "Weird Science."...
(Elaica Zayas) Today was the second day of the Children's Media Conference. There was much less interaction with today's sessions as opposed to yesterday's workshop. Although I liked that the sessions were shorter, the workshops allowed for us to meet more people...
(Elaica Zayas) One day, two sessions! The second session today was not what I expected. The session was titled, "Second Screen: Changing the way we watch TV." I initially thought it would be about creating content solely for smaller screens such as smartphones and...
(Elaica Zayas) Today was the first official day of the Children's Media Conference. Once I registered and got my name tag and gift laptop bag, it was time for lunch. I was registered for the "Pitch It" workshop. I was initially interested in this particular workshop...
2015 Yearbook: The third annual yearbook on Media and Information Literacy and Intercultural Dialogue (MILID) was published in June 2015. The featured title for that yearbook is: Media and Information Literacy for the Sustainable Development Goals. The yearbook was...