Media and Family

  • Media literacy can be taught in the home as well -- in fact, parents can be the best teachers of media literacy. Instead of merely restricting children's media usage, parents can engage in discussions about the messages embedded in their children's favorite media and how those messages relate to the family's own values.

Events

  • Online registration is now open! Join us in Providence July 14 - 19 for a hands-on, minds-on professional development program for educators and librarians.
  • David Cooper Moore gave an Ignite Talk titled, "I Didn't Want to Learn from Megaman." He spoke at the "Democratic Futures" Digital Media and Learning Conference, March 14 in Chicago…
  • Renee Hobbs participated in the YALSA National Forum on Libraries and Teens project, the Teens & Libraries Summit Jan. 23-24, 2013, in Seattle. The Summit featured two days of speakers,…
  • John Landis and David Cooper Moore presented a Model Lesson from the forthcoming collection of Powerful Voices for Kids at ISTE on Monday, June 25 in San Diego. Learn more…

Curriculum Materials

The Media Education Lab is one of the leading providers of multimedia curriculum resources for K-12 media literacy education. Take advantage of our extensive collection of free resources below:



Research and Scholarship

Some of the publications of members of the Media Education Lab team: