Meet the Team
Monthly Update
Donnell Probst
Editor
Executive Director
Michelle Ciulla Lipkin
Board of Directors
Erin Reilly
President
Sherri Hope Culver
Past President
Vice President
Joanne Parsont
Secretary
Tony Streit
Treasurer
Kristi Avram
Steve Hargadon
Tori Horton
Gonca Latif-Schmitt
Cynthia Lieberman
Lynette Owens
Daniel Rhone
DC Vito
Kelly Whitney
Leadership Council
Rachel Arteaga
Caitlin Barry
Natasha Casey
Belinha S. De Abreu
David Cooper Moore
Elizaveta Friesem
Yonty Friesem
Kelsey Greene
Jaclyn Kahn Siegel
Emily Keating
David Magolis
Dee Morgenthaler
Tina Peterson
Donnell Probst
Theresa Redmond
Rebecca Reynolds
Laurie Chin Sayres
Evelien
Schilder
Julie Smith
Benjamin Thevenin
Jiwon Yoon
Student Leadership Council
Jimmeka Anderson
Catherine Burgess
Nneka Gigi
Jasmin Goodman
Alexis Romero
Zoey Wang
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The purpose of
media literacy education is to develop the habits of inquiry and skills of expression needed by critical thinkers, effective communicators, and active citizens in today's world.
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What's new with you?
Tell us and we'll include it in a future issue of Update. We are especially interested in updates from our student, individual and organizational members.
Next submission deadline:
Friday, June 1
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In this issue...
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Media Literacy Week
U.S. Media Literacy Week
NOVEMBER 5-9, 2018
Planning for U.S. Media Literacy Week 2018 (MLW), is well under way! Last year there were 225 national
Partners, and we hope to expand that number this year! Being a
Partner is easy--simply coordinate one or more events or activities and promote other MLW events online! As a
Partner your organization's name and logo will be placed on the MLW map and
Partner slideshow, and your event will be shared on the MLW calendar and on social media!
This year, we are introducing a new level of participation: Media Literacy Week Supporter!
For $500, Supporters will receive
all regular partner benefits, prominent Logo placement on the NAMLE website, multiple social media posts, a dedicated email blast about organization and MLW activities, and an organization profile in a special edition of our Organizational Partner Bulletin.
If your organization is interested in being a supporter, simply go here
and select "Media Literacy Week Supporter!"
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Give Your Feedback!
Do you think we provide good enough civic
education in the USA today?
We've joined a coalition of civic learning leaders to understand this question by conducting a nationwide survey of students, educators, school administrators, parents, civic learning providers, funders, academics and others. Please share your perspective!
The online survey will take less than 15 minutes to complete. It will ask you a few questions about who you are, how you personally relate to civic education, and what you think about the state of civic education today.
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Save the Date!
JUNE 26-28, 2019
Washington, D.C.
A Path Forward:
Elevating Conversation, Unifying Voices
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Headlines
Positive Results from Media
Literacy Program in Ukraine
Two years ago, IREX, a nonprofit organization, launched an 18 month media literacy education program called Learn to Discern in the Ukraine. The program gathered 15,000 citizens for small group round table discussions across the country where participants discussed their media consumption and analysis habits.
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Deseret News: How Media
Literate are Your Kids
The Deseret News, a Utah-based news organization, published an article which outlines the difference between kids being digitally savvy and media literate. The article highlights the need for earlier interventions and includes commentary from NAMLE's executive director, Michelle Ciulla Lipkin.
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Journal Star: Media Literacy is a Vital Skill
The Lincoln, Nebraska Journal Star discusses media literacy and how it affects citizens' ability to participate in their democracy. The discussion includes a review of Nebraska state education law and local media literacy programs conducted through the University of Nebraska in Lincoln. [read more]
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Mark Your Calendar
68th Annual International Communication Association Conference
Prague, Czech Republic
Media & Learning 2018:
Video in Higher Education
Leuven, Belgium
2018 Summer Institute in Digital Literacy
University of Rhode Island
Kingston, RI
Jul 15-20 [learn more]
2018 Summer Institute
Midwest Education Technology Community (METC)
Jul 23-24
U.S. Media Literacy Week 2018
Nationwide
Northeast Regional Media Literacy Conference
Providence, RI
2018 Information & Media Literacy Conference
University of Passau
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M-Passion
ed: Meet our Members
"In joint partnership with the U.S. Embassy in Kabul and New Delhi, my colleagues and I organize camps, workshops, and teacher trainings that focus on 21st century media skills and how to implement them into the classroom. Our latest project was an intensive, week-long media camp with teachers from 7 different regions of India. Teachers participated in media literacy classes, during which they learned about the Key Concepts of media literacy as well as how to apply these concepts to what they consume and produce. Teachers also learned the fundamentals of photography, videography, recorded original songs, and investigated how to bring these skills back to their home classes.
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Want to recommend an M-Passioned NAMLE member who should be in our next feature? Contact Evelien Schilder at
evelienschilder@gmail.com.
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Opportunities
CFP Extended: L2DL Symposium
The L2 Digital Literacies (L2DL) Symposium has extended the deadline for the Call for Digital Presentations. The symposium will take place from October 15-20 online and at the University of Arizona in Tuscon. This year's theme is "Participation, Equity, and Inclusion."
CFP: METC 2019
The 36
th
Midwest Education Technology Community (METC) is now accepting applications for presenters for the 2019 Conference to be held February 11-13, 2019.
Submission deadlines: Jul 18 (workshops) &
CFP: Global MIL Week 2018
Academic papers, case studies, and project-related presentations are now being accepted for the Global Media and Information Literacy (MIL) Week 2018 Feature Conference. It will be held on October 24th and 25th in Kaunas, Lithuania. Topics for papers and presentations should be within the field of MIL and address the connection of MIL Cities as dynamic environments of media, information, and technology as well as innovative ways to advance MIL development among people.
CFP: Northeast Regional
Media Literacy Conference
The Northeast Regional Media Literacy Conference (NRMLC) invites session proposals from media literacy practitioners related to critical media literacy. This year's theme is "Media Literacy in Times of Uncertainty." The conference will be held on Saturday, November 10, 2018 in Providence, Rhode Island.
MA in Civic Media
Columbia College Chicago
Columbia College in Chicago announced a new Master's in Civic Media program that will combine media practice and civic engagement to drive social change.
Students in the program, which launches in January 2019, will work with diverse communities to create, design, deploy, and assess civic media projects that strengthen democratic participation, inform city planning, and shape public policy, among other objectives. [
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Resources
New Issue: Journal of Media
The Journal of Media Literacy Education, the official journal of NAMLE, just released the latest issue, JMLE 10.1. The journal is an online, open-access, peer-reviewed interdisciplinary journal that supports the development of research, scholarship and the pedagogy of media literacy education. [read more]
What's Your Story?
Winners Announced!
The winners of the 2018 What's Your Story? video contest have been announced. You can view the winners and their videos online! [watch now]
Lessons for Media Literacy
This list of curriculum lessons includes resources created at the Media Education Lab plus other great lessons that are aligned with the theory and practice of media literacy. The list includes lessons for lower elementary, upper elementary, middle and high school by subject, college students, adults, and teachers.
Generation Citizen's civics curriculum is an action
-based, in-class program during which students choose an issue they care about, develop a focused, strategic plan to address the issue, take real action, and then reflect on their successes, challenges, and plans moving forward. Each semester culminates in a Civics Day, in which student representatives from classes in each city present their plans to other students, community members, and public officials. [
learn more]
Digital Respons-Ability
Digital Respons-Ability offers professional
development and continuing education units on digital citizenship in partnership with Utah Valley University. The course was developed through research running holistic and deep dive digital citizenship workshops for Grades 3-12. Topics include media literacy, digital citizenship, gamification, experiential learning, digital laws, online privacy, and more!
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Employment Opportunities
Indie Grits Labs Internship
The Nickelodeon
Substance Use Media Literacy
Project Coordinator
Department of Health/Mental Hygiene
Media Literacy/Video & Newscast Production Teacher
Palm Springs Unified School District
Faculty - Radio/Television/Film
Austin Community College District
For more listings, visit our organizational
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