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Culver presented at the Global MIL Week 2017

Culver presented at the Global MIL Week 2017

WHAT: Global Media and Information Literacy Week 2017 WHEN: Oct 24 - 27 The sixth annual global celebration of Media and Information Literacy (MIL) Week highlights local and regional activities around the world.  The feature event, namely the Seventh Media and...

Thoman Media Literacy Archives acquired by Temple University

Thoman Media Literacy Archives acquired by Temple University

The CMIL is excited to be working with Paley Library at Temple University on the acquisition and digitization of the Elizabeth Thoman Media Literacy Archives. Thoman was the founder of the Center for Media Literacy. The archives include years worth of documentation on...

Newseum’s 2017 Summer Teacher Institute on Fake News

Newseum: "Truth, Lies and Consequences: Real Media Literacy for a Fake News World" Washington D.C. Cost: Free July 12th – July 14th 2017 Overview: Are you looking for ways to help your students tell real news from fake news? Understand their roles as both media...

Does media literacy need a makeover?

Sherri Hope Culver's blog article "Does Media Literacy Need A Makeover?" has been picked up by PROMAX, the professional association for creative and marketing promotion-makers. See full article here. For other articles by Culver, click here.  

North American Chapter of Global MIL Alliance Kicks Off

A group of media and information literacy educators and organizations representing a broad range of sectors met in London, Ontario at Western University on Sept. 20 and 21, 2016 to form the North American Sub-Chapter of the UNESCO-initiated Global Alliance for...

MIL Clicks

MIL CLICKS is a social media movement led by the Communication and Information Sector of UNESCO. The acronym CLICKS stands for Critical-thinking, Creativity, Literacy, Intercultural, Citizenship, Knowledge & Sustainability. The objectives of this social media...

European Media & Information Literacy Forum

European Media & Information Literacy Forum

The European Media & Information Literacy Forum was held in Riga, Latvia, June 27-29, 2016. Sherri Hope Culver was invited to speak on a panel titled, "MIL: A Privacy Shield" where she shared preliminary details from a research study conducted with UNESCO on the...

MILID Yearbook 2015 Released

MILID Yearbook 2015 Released

"The Media and Information Literacy and Intercultural Dialogue Yearbook 2015 (MILID Yearbook 2015), sponsored by UNESCO, United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC), New York, and NORDICOM, Gutenburg (Sweden) was released on 26 June 2015 at the National...

“Media Literacy at a Turning Point” Journal Article

Sherri Hope Culver, director of the Center for Media and Information Literacy at Temple University, had an article published in the Journal of Media Literacy entitled "Media Literacy at a Turning Point" (2015). The article can be read and downloaded as a PDF here.

NYT Article: Can Students Have Too Much Tech?

Can Students Have Too Much Tech? Article By: SUSAN PINKER PRESIDENT OBAMA’s domestic agenda, which he announced in his State of the Union address this month, has a lot to like: health care, maternity leave, affordable college. But there was one thing he got wrong. As...

Media & Learning News feature article

International Media and Information Literacy Yearbook Published By Sherri Hope Culver, director of the Center for Media and Information Literacy at Temple University The second annual yearbook on Media and Information Literacy and Intercultural Dialogue (MILID) was...