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The Hashtag Bowl: Media Literacy Opportunities (Pt 2)

January 30, 2015 by Amy Jussel Leave a Comment

Jan. 30, 2015 Whether it’s using hit movies like Frozen as an icebreaker to talk about social shunning, bullying, social emotional tough stuff or Super Bowl ads as learning tools to ferret out what’s … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Branding & Consumerism Tagged With: #3percentSB, #NotBuyingIt, #sb49, 3 Percent Conference, Ads as classroom texts, Amy-Jussel, Carls Jr., Frank Baker, guided inquiry Super Bowl, junk food marketing, meat marketing, Media Literacy Clearinghouse, media literacy in the k12 classroom, media-literacy, Miss Rep, Raising Girls Amidst Meat Marketing, Sexualization, social media activism, social media in the classroom, Super Bowl 2015, Super Bowl Ad Tracker, Super Bowl Ads, Super Bowl as Learning Opportunity, The Representation Project

Using Media to Uplift and Inspire: When to Tune In, Not Out.

December 20, 2011 by Amy Jussel 2 Comments

Dec. 20, 2011 True confessions, it’s been a heckuva challenging year, and it got me thinking about what different people do to bootstrap themselves out of adversity in its many forms whether it’s … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Consumerism, Emerging trends & STEM, Growing up too soon, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Mobile Media, Apps & Gaming, Nutrition & Wellness, Positive Picks, Pro-Social & Positive Picks, Shaping Youth Tagged With: Cheer for the cheerless, child slavery, CNN Heroes, coping skills, Do Good, Do Something, Facebook suicide reporting tool, GEMSGIRLS, Gen Y, Gen Z, Holiday blues, human trafficking, Inspire Foundation, inspiring minds, intervention, ISIS Advocates for Youth, Kids Are Heroes, Kids health, kids role models, Love146, Media-Influence-Kids, mental health, philanthropy, positive media, resilience, sexual health, social media activism, student stress, teen-suicide-prevention, teens depression, Tune In Not Out, tweens, youth angst, youth outreach, youth resources, youth support

Harry Potter Alliance: Using Pop Culture Pervasiveness Positively

July 17, 2011 by Amy Jussel 1 Comment

July 17, 2011 No, I haven’t seen the Harry Potter grand finale yet.Yes, it’s been covered from every angle, dominating Twitter streams, Facebook status lines and yielding the largest weekend box … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Counter-marketing, EcoKids-Environment, Emerging trends & STEM, Interactive Games, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Mobile Media, Apps & Gaming, People Shaping Youth, Positive Picks, Pro-Social & Positive Picks, Shaping Youth, Viral & Buzz Media Tagged With: Amy-Jussel, Andrew Slack, blockbuster movies, change agents, changing the channel of influence, Climate Crisis Horcrux, Darkness of Darfur, digital activism, Dumbledore's Army, fandom, Gen Y, Harry and the Potters, Harry Potter Alliance, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, have fun do good, Helping Haiti Heal, HP Alliance.org, HPA, HPAlliance, human rights, inspiring minds, JK Rowling, JK Rowling's Radiohead moment, kids-media, largest weekend boxoffice, Leaky Con 2011, make a difference, Media-Influence-Kids, media-literacy, Mobilizing Youth, Pottermore, Quidditch, reach and teach, send out a howler, social change, social justice, social media activism, social media mobilization, spark change, summer hit movies, teaching moments, The weapon we have is love, Twilight saga, world changing

Media That Uplifts & Inspires: Positive Picks For Youth Outreach

May 11, 2011 by Amy Jussel 16 Comments

Sept. 10, 2016 Update World Suicide Prevention Day is flooding my Twitter account, with poignant posts pointing to the desperate need for mental health resources and outreach, especially among youth … [Read more...]

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Blog Action Day: Overcoming Poverty With Global Water

October 15, 2008 by Amy Jussel 10 Comments

It’s been a hairy day of stressful mayhem, as I slid in my socks on the linoleum floor of digital deadlines to file my grant app for the MacArthur Foundation Digital Media Learning Competition … [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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