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Balanced news, media bias resources, and dialogue that build the skills students need to navigate a constantly changing, often divisive and toxic, online landscape.
Balanced news, media bias resources, and dialogue that build the skills students need to navigate a constantly changing, often divisive and toxic, online landscape.
Each year, NAMLE strives to honor those individuals and organizations who have exhibited impactful service, practice, or efforts that have greatly impacted the media literacy community and beyond. Join us in honoring those who have nominated and chosen as 2024 recipients of the Media Literacy Awards. Register for free as a 2024 U.S. Media Literacy […]
As AI and other emerging technologies rapidly evolve as major tools for creating and disseminating information, the development of media literacy skills must keep pace, join us for an interactive, participatory ½ day where we will examine the possibilities and challenges are advancing media literacy in the age of AI.
Zines can be a radical and community-minded method of disseminating research outside of traditional academic publishing. Learn how academic zine makers are using the medium to challenge ideas of “authority”, “expertise”, and “scholarship” in creative, collaborative, and accessible ways. At the same time, dive into the basics of the zine format and discover how the […]
Featuring: Donnell Probst Deputy Director of the National Association for Media Literacy Education As it becomes increasingly challenging to navigate the fire hose of information. It isn’t enough to simply distinguish between fact and fiction. We must strive to understand information, its intention, influence, and impact. This event will offer an overview of media literacy […]
As the 2024 election season approaches, we are again faced with an onslaught on information, misinformation, and disinformation about candidates, issues, and the election process itself. What impact, if any, do the media have on U.S. elections? How can we strive to educate ourselves and others with the best information to make informed choices? At […]
The Misinfo Day California Media Literacy Event is for 10-12th grade high school students to learn how to distinguish between fact and propaganda, build critical thinking skills, and become civically engaged. The day will begin with a new interactive game designed to help students build and practice core media literacy skills by collaborating with each […]
Are you a classroom teacher who's interested in AI but doesn't know where to start? Join us for a hands-on workshop to learn more about how teachers can use AI tools to: customize & differentiate content, provide targeted feedback, analyze data, generate lesson plans, draft emails and announcements. We'll also discuss the ethical considerations of […]
Are you a classroom teacher who's interested in AI but doesn't know where to start? Join us for a hands-on workshop to learn more about how teachers can use AI tools to: customize & differentiate content, provide targeted feedback, analyze data, generate lesson plans, draft emails and announcements. We'll also discuss the ethical considerations of […]
Join Grand Rapids Public Library for a panel discussion to kick off Media Literacy Week, featuring experts, educators, and media professionals. Learn why media literacy matters in everyday life and civic engagement, and discover practical ways to strengthen your own media literacy skills. A Q&A session will follow.
Assessing Multimodal Texts: How is analyzing multimodal texts different from traditional texts? How can we prepare ourselves as teachers to assess them? Required Readings: Hung, H.-T., Chiu, Y.-C. J., & Yeh, H.-C. (2013). Multimodal assessment of and for learning: A theory-driven design rubric: Multimodal assessment. British Journal of Educational Technology, 44(3), 400–409. Assigning and Assessing […]
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, […]
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 […]
Thanks to social media and other channels, we see more news than ever before. It’s easy to let things pass us by without reflecting on or thinking critically about what we see. But as the information ecosystem becomes more complex with AI generated content, blurred lines between fact and fiction make intentional, reflective engagement with […]
Dr. Tara Zimmerman (TWU) and Dr. Faith Rogow (Insighters Education) will be joining Dr. Dan Krutka's Teaching Social Studies EC-6 class to kickoff U.S. Media Literacy Week. They will share their recently launched open-access ACT (Awareness and Critical Thinking Activities) Media Literacy Curriculum for grades K-5 that is intended to build students’ media literacy and […]