If you are interested in podcast listening, it is almost impossible not to find some to your liking. By happy chance, I learned of Here’s The Thing, a WNYC podcast hosted by Alec Baldwin. I had [...]
We have created—and are living with the consequences of—a 3-tiered content standards for video. The standards differences have created and impacted artistic and business conditions and [...]
Neil Andersen is the current president of The Association for Media Literacy and the rest of this biography has been shamelessly plagiarized from his LinkedIn profile. (ETA: The AML does not [...]
Margie Keats is a teacher of English, visual arts, graphic design, and media studies with the Halton Catholic District School Board. She has been on the board of directors for the Association of [...]
Dr. Jessica Ringrose Professor of Sociology of Gender and Education Institute of Education University of London A guest lecture sponsored by the Centre for Media and Culture in Education [...]
http://www.economist.com/blogs/economist-explains/2016/09/economist-explains-13 In late summer, 2016, Colin Kaepernick, a pro football player, refused to stand during the playing of the American [...]
This is a 3-part lesson: research, discussion/presentation; and creation. Students will research the political implications of a named building, statue or highway, discuss/present their results [...]
Recent populist political victories have caused pundits to wonder if public education has failed and democracy is at risk. Some wonder, “How can people who are openly racist, sexist, xenophobic [...]
Malcolm Gladwell has a podcast called Revisionist History. It’s smart, fun, and feels like listening to a chapter of one of his books. I especially enjoyed the Hallelujah episode, which [...]