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Lego Friends: Please Build on Possibility, Brain Plasticity

January 1, 2012 by Amy Jussel 37 Comments

April 28, 2016 "37 year old son of Lego billionaire takes the helm as Vice Chairman" Congrats, Thomas Kirk Kristiansen, now that you've inherited the Lego legacy, and named your daughter and five female cousins as 'most active owners' in the young generation family mix, I have high hopes we'll see some gender stereotypes disappear and brain plasticity triumph! Here's to … [Read more...]

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Redefining Beauty, Reclaiming Yourself: Backtalking Billboards!

July 29, 2011 by Amy Jussel 20 Comments

July 29, 2011 Do you feel the rumble of the “I’m mad as hell and not gonna take it anymore” massive mindshifting among young women talking back to the ad industry and media machine? The “Take Back Beauty” and ‘reclaim yourself’ pushback of multiple generations of females throwing open the windows for their Howard Beale Network shoutout moment to end the nonsense of pore-less … [Read more...]

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Avatar Amy Jussel @shapingyouth ·

26 Apr

Finally, some good news about #BookBans resulting in increased efforts for more diversity in #kidlit! Huge thanks to @LEEandLOW @ALALibrary and other folks like @reachandteach @transformworld that tirelessly advocate for children's #edu 📚

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23 Apr

Librarians, are you preparing the people in your community to recognize & resist the many forms of #Election2024 propaganda they will encounter, including deepfakes, AI chatbots, and more? https://www.ala.org/tools/sites/ala.org.tools/files/content/Media-Lit_Arch_Prog-Guide.pdf

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Avatar Faith Rogow @insightersed ·

12 Nov

The guide to #MediaLiteracy you've been waiting for: http://bit.ly/3FXv3XQ Centers librarians, IDs anchor skills & provides a developmental progression, describes components of inquiry-based, student-centered pedagogy, integrates media lit into existing core subject areas.

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10 Apr

Bout time #medialiteracy takes prominence with a strong resurgence again… Promising development🤞#misinformation #FactsMatter

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