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Girls Sports: Progress in Toys + Media (Pt 3)

May 5, 2016 by Amy Jussel Leave a Comment

May 5, 2016 At the White House convening on Breaking Gender Stereotypes in Media & Toys, the lack of diversity in STEM fields created headline news about economic woes for our nation’s future, so … [Read more...]

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I Am Elemental: Superheroes Strike A Pitch Perfect Toy Tenor

May 11, 2015 by Amy Jussel Leave a Comment

May 11, 2015 With superheroes crushing box office numbers with Hulk style force and toy merchandisers frantically scrambling to address market demand for sheroes deleted from mass media like an … [Read more...]

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Texting for Toy Safety: ‘Moms Rising’ Taps Into ‘HealthyToys’

December 17, 2007 by Amy Jussel 8 Comments

Mobile moms will love this handy new alliance between consumer action orgs HealthyToys & MomsRising which lets you find out whether the toy you’re about to plop in that cart is toxic for your … [Read more...]

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26 Sep

Started FREE @knightfdn AP course "How to Use ChatGPT & other Generative #AI Tools in Newsrooms" to debrief myself in time for media literacy week on the pros/cons of low/high risk automation practices & protocols #MediaLitWk #medialiteracy #NewsLiteracy

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12 Sep

How Can We Help Students Evaluate Scientific Information? Media Literacy Education! We recently convened #STEM & #MediaLiteracy educators to discuss the skills students need to learn to better evaluate scientific information & resist misinformation. ➡️

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12 Sep

Enjoying @iftf webinar happening now on #AI which is maxed out on attendees/Zoom, but viewable here: Complements the book I just finished, The Coming Wave which I HIGHLY recommend w/a macro lens on societal implications: https://www.the-coming-wave.com/ #IFTF

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6 Sep

"When #car companies aren’t busy sharing or selling your #data, they’re often not protecting it as well as they should. We couldn’t confirm if any of the car brands we researched meet our Minimum #Security Standards. That’s really bad and not normal" #tech

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