Online Discussion: Elections and GenZ Voters - Navigating the Digital Landscape
2024-10-22 10:00 - 11:00 (America/Halifax) | Virtual Event, Anywhere, Canada
DCN Global continues its mission to equip media professionals and engaged citizens with the tools they need to navigate the complexities of the digital world during this critical global election year. Since launching this initiative in early 2024, DCN has hosted a series of informative discussions aimed at combating disinformation and promoting informed decision-making in elections.
The third session in this series will take place on October 22 at 10.00 a.m. ET and will focus on GenZ voters and their unique role in the digital age. In this discussion, Gen Z digital communicators from around the world will delve into important topics such as identifying disinformation, understanding the impact of social media on elections, and using digital tools to promote informed voting.
Speakers

Sorana Horsia, Editor, Genzette, Romania
Bongekile Filana, Chairperson & Digital Literacy Lead, National Youth ICT Council SA, South Africa
Gabriel Matthew Lopez, Area Coordinator, CYAN Pilipinas, Digital Literacy Advocate, YNFORM, Philippines
Guilherme Boer, Student, Escola Superior de Propaganda e Marketing (ESPM), Brazil

Moderator

Diana Filimon, DCN Global team member, Romania

Don’t miss this opportunity to be part of the global conversation on protecting election integrity. Register here to join us on October 22 and help shape a more informed and resilient digital space for GenZ voters and beyond!

Literacies! A 4-Part Audio Series Launch
2024-10-22 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Halifax) | Tulane University, 7001 Freret St, New Orleans, LA, 70118, United States
Listen to the first episode of Literacies! In this four-part series, we’re talking to experts about why media, data, information, and financial literacies are critical skill sets for modern life. We’ll give you a quick dive into what it means, how it impacts you, and things you can do to skill up.
The first episode launching October 22, 2024 features a conversation between host Katherine Hicks, Dr. Muira McCammon, and Media Services librarian lisa Hooper. They talk about Media Literacy and, more specifically the concept of platform power, exploring what it is, what it means for you, and ways you can regain agency.

Finally, A Tool that Unlocks Information Literacy for Students
2024-10-22 15:00 - 16:00 (America/Halifax) | Virtual Event, Anywhere, Canada
Join your fellow educators for an engaging online event featuring Sooth—the only internet search platform designed to enhance information literacy and critical thinking for students from middle school through college. Sooth enables learners to search exclusively across thousands of credible news, research, and information sources entirely free of ads, unreliable content, and distractions. Sooth helps learners cultivate and enhance their information literacy skills with features like AllSides Media Bias Ratings and NewsGuard Trust Scores. We will also explore our one-of-a-kind misinformation toolkit where students can engage and critique real instances of misinformation, an increasingly urgent skill in our complicated content landscape. This interactive session will provide practical examples and strategies that you can apply directly in your classroom. Participants will also receive a special Promo Code to begin using Sooth in their classrooms immediately.
Watch 2min demo: https://vimeo.com/914852640
Sign-up for 30-day free trial: https://app.sooth.fyi/signup
FAQ: https://sooth.fyi/faq

Amplifying Media Literacy: Equitable Media Literacy and the “Minds Over Media” Podcast
2024-10-22 15:30 - 16:30 (America/Halifax) | Virtual Event, Anywhere, Canada
Media literacy is the key to nurturing informed, discerning, and empowered students. Join us for a discussion designed to explore big questions about media literacy and education in our podcast “Minds Over Media” that features 10 of the leading researchers and practitioners in the field. Topics of the podcasts include stereotypes, balancing media consumption, diversity, equity, and inclusion in media, and civic media. Learn more about professional development opportunities for teachers and discover practical strategies for integrating content into your curriculum, fostering analytical thinking, and empowering students to navigate the complex landscape of media with confidence.

Shaping Informed Citizens: PBS Resources for Civics & Media Literacy
2024-10-22 16:00 - 17:00 (America/Halifax) | Virtual Event, Anywhere, Canada
Join PBS Wisconsin and Retro Report as we provide just-in-time resources for election season and beyond!
This webinar will highlight new civics and media literacy resources from PBS that have been developed for 6th-12th grade classrooms, including the comprehensive Civics collection and specific resources like Retro Report’s Citizen Nation Civics Skills series.
Help your middle and high school students understand foundational ideas and the complexities of our government, build critical thinking skills, and become more informed and engaged citizens. Join us to explore essential skills and strategies for civic engagement and media literacy that have value far beyond the classroom.
Presenters:
Sarah Kopplin, president of the Wisconsin Council for the Social Studies
Filiz Yargici, education manager for Retro Report
Nick Ostrem, education engagement specialist with PBS Wisconsin Education

Developing Critical Thinkers: How PBS KIDS is Approaching Media Literacy
2024-10-22 17:00 - 18:00 (America/Halifax) | Virtual Event, Anywhere, Canada
Kids are growing up in a media-rich world surrounded by changing technology and with digital devices at their fingertips. PBS KIDS strives to help kids safely navigate these experiences by creating engaging, educational content that supports foundational media literacy skills — providing the tools kids need to think critically and imaginatively about media and its messages, and encouraging them to be responsible media creators. In this panel, children’s media producers and PBS KIDS colleagues will discuss the strategies being used to foster media literacy skills for young learners and ways they are incorporating media literacy education into PBS KIDS content.
Register for free as a 2024 U.S. Media Literacy Week participant, and you will automatically be registered for this event.

NPU Georgia Family Technology Summit
2024-10-22 18:00 - 19:30 (America/Halifax)
The NPU Georgia Family Technology Summit will connect modern American families to resources, information and programs centering A.I., media and digital literacy.

California Media Literacy Resource Slam
2024-10-22 19:00 - 20:00 (America/Halifax) | Virtual Event, Anywhere, Canada
Join us for the Fall California Media Literacy Resource Slam, an engaging virtual webinar where educators can explore valuable tools and resources to enhance media literacy instruction. This session will showcase materials from Common Sense Education, KQED, the News Literacy Project, the California Department of Education, California School Library Association, Santa Clara County Office of Education, and more. From election-related content to tips on creating engaging student media projects, we’ve got you covered.
You’ll leave with fresh ideas, practical tools, and connections to fellow educators who advocate for more media literacy in the classroom.

Media Literacy Week at UTK
2025-10-27 - 2025-10-31 | John C Hodges Library, 1015 Volunteer Blvd, Knoxville, TN, 37996, United States
Get ready for Media Literacy Week at UTK!

Media Literacy Week offers a week-long lineup of events designed to connect with the Volunteer community and strengthen media literacy skills. Highlights include interactive tabling such as “Clickbait or Cupcake,” the “Bite for Byte” AI presentation, Makerspace workshops for creating meme buttons, curated displays of books and resources, opportunities to engage with the Library through social media, and a media-themed green screen photo experience. Daily Fake News tests, headlines & emotions attached to it – a static display.

2025 Media Literacy Resource Showcase
2025-10-27 - 2025-10-31 | Virtual Event, Anywhere, Canada
As part of U.S. Media Literacy Week, NAMLE is curating a showcase of classroom-ready, research-informed resources that demonstrate how media literacy can be meaningfully embedded across academic subjects. This year’s Resource Showcase will highlight scalable, standards-aligned tools and strategies that support the integration of cross-curricular media literacy—whether in English, science, social studies, math, health, foreign language, or library settings.
Selected resources will be featured as on-demand demos during Media Literacy Week 2025, with a focus on helping educators across the country implement media literacy with confidence and coherence.
Want to Attend the Showcase?
Register for Media Literacy Week and get full access to all events and resources. Registration is free and open now!

Media Ethics: Responsible Journalism in a Changing World
2025-10-28 08:00 - 17:00 (America/Chicago) | Virtual Event, Anywhere, Canada
This session on media ethics will explore the responsibilities of journalists in today’s fast-changing media landscape. We’ll discuss the importance of accuracy, fairness, and transparency, and what goes into making ethical decisions in today’s world.

AI and Disinformation
2025-10-28 13:00 - 14:30 (America/New_York) | St. Mark Lutheran Church, 850 Snydertown Rd, Howard, PA, 16841, United States
Join Mid-State Literacy Council on October 28th at 1:00 pm at St. Mark Lutheran Church (850 Snydertown Rd, Howard, PA 16841) for a free technology lecture called “AI and Disinformation.” In this session, we’ll explore how AI (artificial intelligence) is used to create convincing deepfakes and clone voices, making it challenging to distinguish between real and fake content. We’ll also review best practices for evaluating information and explore tech tools that can help identify content created with AI. This lecture is open to any adult 50 or older. To register, please call 814-238-1809 or email agiedroc@mid-stateliteracycouncil.org.

Same Facts, Different Language
2025-10-28 15:00 - 15:30 (America/Chicago) | Virtual Event, Anywhere, Canada
Why do two outlets tell the “same” story with different language? See how angles, sources, and media biases shape how the facts are presented —and leave with a simple checklist for cutting through the noise.

"Scream" Movie Night with The Rapidian & Media Literacy Week
2025-10-28 18:30 - 21:30 (America/Halifax) | Wealthy Theatre, 1130 Wealthy St. SE, Grand Rapids, MI, 49506, United States
On the next Tuesday Night Movie…
Wes Craven’s classic horror film “Scream” on the big screen! Presented with The Rapidian, in recognition of Media Literacy Week! “Scream” is one of the great meta horror films of all time. Not only a thrilling slasher, but a smart take on analyzing media consumption, genre conventions, and the influence of media on real-world perception.
U.S. Media Literacy Week advocates, educates, and brings together hundreds of partners for events and activities around the country. Media literacy is the ability to access, analyze, evaluate, create, and act using all forms of communication. A necessary, inevitable, and realistic response to the complex, ever-changing electronic media environment surrounding us. Learn more about Media Literacy Week at: https://mlw.namle.org/
Learn more about The Rapidian at: https://www.therapidian.org
Scream
Directed by: Wes Craven
Genre: Horror
Released: 1996
Runtime: 111 minutes
Rated: R

Courageous Conversations are coming to PBS LearningMedia
2025-10-28 19:00 - 20:00 (America/Halifax) | Virtual Event, Anywhere, Canada
We’re excited to announce a collection of free classroom resources created by Courageous RI, an initiative of the Media Education Lab. This collection of lesson plans, hosted on PBS LearningMedia and produced by Ocean State Media, features videos of Rhode Island students engaging in real, courageous conversations about issues that matter to them and their peers.
Political violence and radicalization are as present as ever, reinforcing the need for honest conversations around hard topics. We invite educators, students, and community members to join us as we introduce the resources, showcase highlights, and share strategies for using them to build media literacy skills, engage students in dialogue, and offer space for diverse perspectives in the classroom.

The Quality Question: How To Create High-Quality Children’s Media
2025-10-28 19:00 - 20:30 (America/Halifax) | Fordham University at Lincoln Center, 113 West 60th Street, New York, NY, 10023, United States
We know it when we see it (or hear it, or read it), but what qualities make content high-quality?
The Department of Communication & Media Studies at Fordham University invites you to join the Children’s Media Association (CMA) and the National Association for Media Literacy Education (NAMLE) for CMA’s first-ever crowdsourced panel led by creators within our community discussing what defines—and how to create—quality content.

Countering Information Manipulation: A Social Change Approach
2025-10-28 19:00 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | Virtual Event, Anywhere, Canada
Propaganda and disinformation are polluting our digital spaces and fueling our divisions as a society. Even casual conversations can feel fraught in these times. People care deeply about these realities but often don’t know what to do about them.
In this Media Literacy Week (MLW) talk, social change and communications strategist Deanna Troust will explore these dynamics and share simple but powerful ways each of us can be part of the solution set in addressing them.
Standards-based journalism — at the local level, especially — is a key antidote to the spread of false and harmful content. Deanna’s co-speaker will be a local Baltimore journalist who will offer a window into reporting processes in covering local Baltimore newsworthy events.
Deanna Troust is a communications strategist, consultant, and founder of truthincommon.org.
Deanna will be introduced by Dr. Stephanie Flores-Koulish, Professor of Education at Loyola University MD and Vice President for NAMLE’s Board of Directors.

Media Decoding Resource Demo: The Painted Church
2025-10-28 20:00 - 21:30 (America/Halifax) | Virtual Event, Anywhere, Canada
In this interactive Zoom session, Niki Casserly will demonstrate the use of a slide presentation developed as a resource for Media Literacy Week 2025 called The Painted Church. The workshop will include tips for leading similar media decoding sessions. Previous experience or training in Constructivist Media decoding is not required.
