Emerging trends & STEM

Analyzing Media Messages: A Digital Dogs Demo of NAMLE’s Key Questions

June 14, 2021 by Amy Jussel Leave a Comment

Update! October 26, 2021 Join Lucy & the pups for a Halloween haunt to celebrate Media Literacy Week Oct. 25-29, 2021 as new Halloween coloring pages and Pre-K through grade 2 FREE activities "appear" to seed inquiry early with characters from "The Secret of the Vanishing Bones" new kid lit! Follow the fun with FREE downloads and more ideas in the Parent/Educator Guide at … [Read more...]

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Pinstripes: A Bold Type of Entertainment Hub

October 21, 2019 by Amy Jussel 1 Comment

Nov. 22, 2019 update: Pinstripes will now open officially to the public on Dec. 3, 2019 after their community opener Dec. 2, 2019. Original Post: As the surge continues with millennials making plans online to offline, moving from screens to scenes, the Bay area welcomes Pinstripes! Granted, if Pinstripes were part of a word association game, I’d get the buzzer, because when … [Read more...]

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Ghosting and the Machines: Media Devices, Normalizing Behaviors (Part 1)

March 25, 2019 by Amy Jussel 1 Comment

March 25, 2019 Mute. Block. Unfriend. Delete. Ghost. It’s fast, effective and final, but these one-click solutions that treat humans like devices are creating behaviors that are almost algorithmic in their ability to place value, assign patterns, and assess an ‘effort to yield’ ratio that determines whether someone rates a diss and dismiss based on level of contact and whether … [Read more...]

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Gender Stereotypes: Part 2 with Dr. Elizabeth Sweet

April 27, 2016 by Amy Jussel 2 Comments

April 28, 2016 The dismissive wails from the Twittersphere and social media mavens were almost audible: "Oh please, not another pink and blue gender in the toy aisle post..." To coin a phrase from Part One of the White House convening on Breaking Gender Stereotypes in Media and Toys, "Yes, And..." I’ve been writing about media and marketing’s impact on kids for ten years … [Read more...]

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Tech with Kids: How to Assess Reviews, Find Quality Apps

June 19, 2015 by Amy Jussel 1 Comment

June 19, 2015 One of the thorny questions I posed at the recent Tech with Kids Conference involved how to "review the reviewers."There are a wide array of reputable resources...Common Sense Media gives a macro view of kids media, as a one stop hub of advocacy, tips, and over-arching views across a vast media spectrum (TV, movies, books, apps, and beyond...) and Tech with Kids … [Read more...]