Maria Nadel, our Spanish translation expert is putting the finishing touches on our 'mind & body' media literacy log as Shaping Youth's “Dare to Compare: A Gross Out Game for Good Nutrition” kicks off a new session with 5th graders this Friday. Evidently, not a moment too soon… A study published in the American Journal of Public Health finds that … [Read more...]
Digital media shrinks the world in a nanosecond. Shaping Youth is doing a podcast with MediaSnackers from the U.K. Monday, and just today they sent me their debut vodcast of media morsels that fit tidily into my jam-packed slate with snack-sized digestibility. No belly belches here. I wish I’d produced this snappy blitz myself. As a parent, the last two clips sadden … [Read more...]
If every teen, tween and adult would put their coolness on hold long enough to join children in line for Charlotte’s Web they’d quickly see this is a profound parable of friendship with huge global messaging that goes far beyond a porker destined for the smokehouse. Far from a treacly sapfest, the movie holds true to the book fairly well, dealing with life changes, … [Read more...]
“Come in, my little pretties,” lured the witch in Hansel & Gretel, as the door banged shut behind the wee ones. Today’s brand marketers and media mavens aren’t exactly summoning kids into an icing laced gumdrop gingerbread house, but it’s pretty dang close on a few media and marketing fronts. There’s enough subversive enticement to … [Read more...]
This landed in my e-mail from some pals of mine, and it seems worthy to toss out there to get kids thinking along these lines and open up some dialogue. Yes, I’m being ambiguous on purpose so I won’t spoil the fun. To challenge yourself, write down your guess after reading each clue; then, after reading all the clues, see which (if any) of your guesses is … [Read more...]
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