Join the North Carolina Media Literacy Alliance on Thursday, October 27th from 7:00pm to 8:00pm EST for an open-house style meet n’ greet. As an emerging advocacy group, our mission is to advance media literacy awareness within the state of North Carolina by providing opportunities for networking, collaboration, and education. 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! You’ll hear about selected initiatives and groups happening in the state as well as have the chance to share your ideas and network.
Abbott Elementary is out to bust all the typical teacher tropes that have manifested in popular culture across time. As Marshall (2016) writes, teachers have predominantly been represented in popular culture as saintly, un-intellectual nurturers, or the opposite, as monsters, all the while presenting a misogynistic view of the teaching profession that’s dominated by women. In this presentation, media literacy educators/scholars, Dr. Stephanie Flores-Koulish and Sr. Rose Pacatte will examine various depictions of teacher depictions in the media, past and present using the critical lenses of media literacy education, and discuss the implications of such depictions on the profession and especially the impact on this female-dominated profession.
Blissful Coding Club provides after school enrichment STEM classes to students in grades 2-12. We provide free virtual classes in Python, App Development, Cybersecurity, etc. 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.
Published in ALA’s book, Power Lines: Connecting with Teens in Urban Communities Through Media Literacy, we are highlighted as a top teen media literacy program in urban libraries.