Event Details:
Monday, November 5th, 10:00 AM
ProCon.org
Event Description:
ProCon.org presents a free media literacy lesson plan for educators: Hunting for the Main Idea. Use our headline article about Russian Twitter bots during the 2016 election to teach students how to distill the main ideas from an informational text.
https://www.procon.org/view.background-resource.php?resourceID=006129
Contact Information:
Twitter:@procon_org
Facebook: https://facebook.com/procon.org
Event Details:
CML is partnering with Professor Bobbie Eisenstock’s journalism students at California State University, Northridge (CSUN) for a variety of Commit2MediaLit activities on campus including pop-up newsroom, videos, Facebook challenge…
Event Location:
California State University, Northridge
Los Angeles, CA
http://www.medialit.org
Contact Information:
https://www.medialit.org/
Twitter: @Ctr4MediaLit, #commit2medialit
Event Details:
Friday, November 10th, 9:00 AM
University of Rhode Island
80 Washington Street | Providence, RI 02903
https://northeastregionalmedialiteracyconference.com/
Event Description:
Annual Conference, with this year’s theme, “Media Literacy in Uncertain Times”
Contact Information:
Carolyn Fortuna, PhD
c4tuna31@gmail.com
Twitter: @theNRMLC
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theNRMLC/
Event Details:
Friday, November 1st, 9:45 AM
Facets Multi-Media, Inc.
1517 W. Fullerton Ave. | Chicago, IL 60614
https://festival.facets.org/
Event Description:
The Chicago International Children’s Film Festival aims to set an internationally-recognized standard of excellence in film for children and youth.
The 35th annual Festival runs from November 1—November 9, 2018 at eight Chicago-area venues and presents over 250 new films from 40 countries along with workshops, director presentations, and seminars.
This year’s Festival theme BUILD focuses on empowering kids and teens to “Build a new world” by constructing bridges across divides, engaging with empathy-driven storytelling, and using creative problem solving to build confidence.
The Festival is presented by Facets, a nonprofit that connects over 30,000 people annually to independent ideas through transformative film experiences.
Contact Information:
CICFF, kids@facets.org, 773-281-9075 ext. 109
http://www.facets.org/
Twitter: @cicff
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CICFF/
Instagram: @facetschicago
Twitter: @facetschicago
Instagram: @facetschicago
Facets Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/facetschicago/