Oct. 31, 2016 Official first day of Media Literacy week which runs Oct. 31-Nov.4! Please share critical thinking tips and tools to create a more informed public, so we don't have a plague of fake news, and bogus social media 'shares' sans fact checking and journalism reduced to content marketing! NAMLE has tons of resources and activities to make the week fun, festive and full … [Read more...]
Media Literacy Week 2016 Spotlight: Camp Reel Stories
Filed Under: Media Literacy Tagged With: #DigCitSummit, Amy Jussel Partner, Brenda Chapman, Camp Reel Stories, critical thinking, digital citizenship, Digital Citizenship Summit, Esther Pearl, Geena Davis Institute, gender and media portrayals, gender diversity in media, Girl Fest, maker movement, media as STEM career, media creators, media literacy week, media makers, media workshops, NAMLE, Pixar alums, Pixar in a box, STEAM, STEM, teen girls, Virtual Reality, Worldwide Women
#DigCitSummit Pt1: Debating The Facebook Dislike Button
Sept. 24, 2015 As a partner organization in the first ever Digital Citizenship Summit October 3, 2015 bringing in thought leaders and stakeholders from the student, parent, educator and industry sphere I’ve been applying my own mental floss to see how the conference will translate challenging and divergent opinions into some “best practices” to “be the digital change.” As a … [Read more...]
Filed Under: Pro-Social & Positive Picks Tagged With: #DigCit, #DigCitSummit, #iCANHELP, 21st century parenting, anti-bullying, balanced digital diet, be the digital change, bullying, Creating cultures of dignity, David Ryan Polgar, digital citizenship, empathy, Facebook dislike button, Growing Up Digital, I Can Helpline, It Gets Better, Marialice BFX Curran, Netsmartz, online safety, SEL, Shaping Youth, Social Emotional Learning