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Democracy Schools Network

Annual Convening

SAVE THE DATE!

Thursday, September 15, 2022

DoubleTree Hotel, Lisle

Civic Learning and Media Literacy Across Disciplines

It is almost impossible for anyone to engage with current events or participate in a conversation without being reminded of the influence of the media in our daily lives. Educators are even more aware of this fact as we try to teach our students to be informed consumers and producers of information. The connection between media literacy and civic learning across ALL of the disciplines is a powerful one.

This convening will provide a mix of sessions from both our civic learning partners and members of the Illinois Democracy Schools Network.

We look forward to exploring the theme of media literacy with the Democracy Schools Network at the 2022 Annual Convening.

We hope that you will join us for a gathering of our members from across the state. To support your participation, we will again offer this conference at no cost for attendees, support for sub coverage, breakfast and lunch, and lodging (the evening before) for our members who are more than 100 miles from the site of the event.

For those who cannot travel, there will be dedicated sessions throughout the day for virtual attendees.

You can register here.

Call for Proposals from the Illinois Democracy Schools Network

The Convening is a prime opportunity for our members to learn about the different ways that our network schools are improving civic learning. We want to hear about how you are addressing media literacy in your schools.

If you are interested in submitting a proposal for presenting at our Convening, please do that here.

Preview of presentations

Confirmed presenters include:

Karim Ani, Founder of Citizen Math
Dr. Joel Breakstone, Director, Stanford History Education Group
Megan Clark and Heidi Moisan, Chicago History Museum;
The Division for Public Education at the American Bar Association
Dr. Kei Kawashima-Ginsberg- Newhouse Director of the Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement at Tufts University
Dr. Shawn Healy, Senior Director, Policy and Advocacy, iCivics
The Illinois Media Literacy Coalition
Dr. Joe Kahne, Co-Director Civic Engagement Research Group
The Mikva Challenge
David Olson; Director of Education at the Retro Report
RISE Challenge, Illinois EEAI (Environmental Education Association of Illinois);
Dee Runaas, Constitutional Democracy Project
Dr. Steve Schwinn, Professor of Law at the University of Illinois at Chicago
The SEL Hub at the DuPage Regional Office of Education

Sessions on topics include:

The Role of Media in Policy
Social-Emotional Learning in an Age of Disinformation
Civic Online Reasoning
Navigating Environmental Policy Issues in the Midterms
LGBTQ and Role of Media in Advocating for Policy Change
Math and Current Issues
Media Literacy in Midterm Elections
Deconstructing Political Campaigns

Any questions, comments or suggestions, please contact Sue at [email protected]

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