Join us to explore how media literacy underpins civics, learn about resources to support educators, and hear about our experience developing a new civics curriculum that harnesses and builds these essential media literacy skills.
Moderated by Media Literacy Now North Carolina’s Chapter lead, we’ll gather to create energy, inspiration, and action for growing media literacy in the state!
Ithaca College is hosting a screening and discussion of 15 Minutes of Shame, a timely and powerful documentary film that examines public shaming in modern-day culture. For more information about attending this screening, please contact Cathy Michael at cmichael@ithaca.edu.
Join NCTE during Media Literacy Week for a timely conversation on reading, writing, and raising voices. NCTE member-leader and civics guide author Nicole Mirra discusses the new guide, media literacy, and civics in ELA education. This event is free and open to the public. REGISTER HERE
NAMLE will close out the 2022 U.S. Media Literacy Week at the Thomson Reuters offices in Eagan, MN. Joined by over 100 students, this closing session will feature a Q&A with Reuters journalist Sofía Paredes, a presentation by Brittani Kollar from MediaWise, and a closing workshop with NAMLE. This event is not open to the […]
Our focus is on the ACT facet of media literacy. We all want to be #VoteReady - what are some tools and resources we can use to get there? Thank you to our community partners: the League of Women Voters, KCUR, and RevEdKC! MORE INFORMATION
On January 13 - 14, 2023, the media literacy community will gather for NMLC23, the 16th Annual Northeast Media Literacy Conference! This online conference is organized around the theme of RESISTING THE FRAME. Join us for a webinar where we share our planning process for this conference and preview some of the unique features of […]
At this event, we will give a sample lesson of our beginner Python class that librarians can follow and take it back to their students in teen departments.
Thomson Reuters, in partnership with NAMLE, is excited to announce our annual Media Literacy contest for students and classrooms! ChatGPT and artificial intelligence are changing the way we communicate and how we see the world. These new technologies complicate everything from how we know what’s true to what we consider authentic art or creation. While […]
Register for this free workshop open to K-12 educators here. You’ve been working on integrating media making, analysis and evaluation into your teaching, and KQED and PBS want to reward you! In this workshop, you’ll learn how to become a PBS Certified Media Literacy Educator as part of your existing teaching practice.
Media Literacy Week – Virtual Film Festival co-presented by Women Make Movies & the Media Education Foundation October 23-27, 2023 Women Make Movies and the Media Education Foundation are partnering to bring you a selection of films that take a critical look at media images, messages, and the corporate systems that produce them. The festival will include […]
🌍 Join us for a groundbreaking global online watch party of the thought-provoking documentary, "Trust Me"! 🎥✨ 📅 Mark your calendars for Saturday, October 21st at 12:00 AM through October 31st, as we embark on a journey to explore the power of media literacy in building a world of peace and understanding. 🌟🕊️ 🤔 Have […]
Allyed and Shifting Schools are hosting a special three part mini series to help educators sustain the conversation and continue their learning. Starting on Monday of Media Literacy Week, and the following Mondays for those three weeks, a new episode drops!
Marietta College has planned the following events for students (click on each day to learn more): Monday: Media Literacy Week ACCESS — Students can learn more about media literacy and take away resources on accessing relevant information at an info table event. Tuesday: Media Literacy Week ANALYZE — A Pizza and Info Luncheon will feature […]
Learn tools and techniques to thrive in a highly mediated, digital, and saturated world—especially as a presidential election season nears. We’ll discuss how political messaging works to impact us for better or worse, how journalism and other forms of media shape our understanding of elections and important civic issues, and how we can equip ourselves […]
This session for educators will focus on key strategies, questions, and inquiry activities for helping students dig deep into media messages. It will be live-streamed here.
Please join the Paul Meek Library at the University of Tennessee at Martin to celebrate Media Literacy Week with a special film screening of "Theaters of War: How the Pentagon and the CIA took Hollywood." The film looks at the influence of the US military on and behind the screen and will be following by […]
Artificial Intelligence has led journalists to question how they’ll report. While the benefits of AI include simplifying complex topics and assisting with questions for interviews, many find it can’t always be trusted. At this event presented in partnership with the Center for Communication, experts in the field from SmartNews, The Information, The Center for Public Integrity, Vanity Fair and more discuss […]
Earlier this year, Boston Children's Digital Wellness Lab & Roblox partnered together to conduct a study into what policy, education, and technological innovations would be necessary to facilitate a civil online world for young people. The study convened over 100 experts from around the globe into the Civility Working Group to develop a set of […]
Join NAMLE and SRVCE for a virtual workshop that explores media literacy in the context of political messaging. We’ll learn about how journalists cover elections, ways that political advertising seeks to persuade us, and tools for decoding media messages. When you register as a 2023 U.S. Media Literacy Week participant here, you’ll automatically be registered for […]
When a friend or loved one shares a viral hoax, fabricated photo or conspiracy theory, how do you respond? With the holiday season and a presidential election ahead of us, we can expect to encounter rumors and falsehoods along with heated debate. We each have an opportunity within our networks of influence to build understanding […]
Join a roundtable of five teachers to discuss how they’re approaching teaching critical media literacy at the high school level. Each teacher went through the PBS Media Literacy Educator Certification credentialing program, which seeks to deepen educators’ understanding of how to bring media literacy and media making into preK-12 curricula. They’ll share insights they gained from the […]
Join Media Savvy Citizens for an online event where we'll equip you with an overview on how to get our students used to ways to find and judge reliable, valid information from credible sources on the internet. In today's digital age, it's crucial for students to discern reliable sources from unreliable ones. Their expert speakers […]
Cedar Crest College's Communication Department welcomes Elizabeth Ortiz for Media Literacy Week 2023! Join us on October 24th at 7:00pm for Elizabeth's lecture "Hi Barbie: Feminism & Gender Representation in Media" in The Miller Family Building room 33. Light refreshments will be served.
Conversations about the impact media and technology are having on youth are universal. But what about its effects on older generations? There are over 100 million people over the age of 50 in the United States and by 2030, 1 in 6 people in the world will be aged 60 years or older. What unique […]
This live conversation aims to help educators understand media literacy and how to help students understand and work within our current media landscape. Once you fill out this form, we'll email you with the Zoom link.
School librarians are the information literacy experts in all schools that have a librarian. They often build relationships with all students in their schools across many years, and they have relationships with all educators in their buildings and awareness of all curricular areas. They are trained in the pedagogy of inquiry and deep experience in […]
To complement the Media Literacy Week Film Festival, Kendra Hodgson of Women Make Movies and Alexandra Peterson of the Media Education Foundation will moderate a conversation with Dr. Katherine Sender, director of Beyond the Straight and Narrow and Lindsey Averill, the co-director of Fattitude. The panel conversation will dig into how these filmmakers approach their […]
Join this conversation between bestselling author Devorah Heitner and NAMLE Executive Director, Michelle Culla Lipkin as they discuss her new book Growing Up in Public: Coming of Age in a Digital World. They’ll address how educators, parents, and mentors can support young people navigating a reality where their lives are constantly open to public scrutiny […]
Escape The Echoes is a one-hour educational escape game that helps students develop media literacy skills through an engaging, team-based gaming experience. The game requires teams to navigate through a series of digital media puzzles and activities that involve the utilization of one or more media literacy skills. Specifically, the game focuses on the formation […]