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The Future of Digital Ubunto/Empathy

The Future of Digital Ubunto/Empathy

In the fifth interactive session and last for this year, co-hosts Aurra Kawanzaruwa and Yonty Friesem will open a discussion on what we learned from the pandemic in regards to digital Ubunto/Empathy. Participants will discuss how can we learn from what media education and digital citizenship across the globe during the pandemic. Where are we headed with digital Ubuntu/empathy? Participants are…

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Ubuntu Pedagogy / Pedagogy of Care

Ubuntu Pedagogy / Pedagogy of Care

In the fourth interactive session, co-hosts Aurra Kawanzaruwa and Yonty Friesem will share case studies of Ubunto pedagogy and Pedagogy of Care. Participants will discuss how can media education and digital citizenship across the globe apply Ubunto and empathy as a pedagogical practice. What are the concepts of Ubuntu Pedagogy and Pedagogy of Care? What are the barriers and affordances that these…

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Leveraging Emerging Technologies for Equitable Content Creation

Leveraging Emerging Technologies for Equitable Content Creation

In this webinar, Paris Whalon, a librarian from UT Knoxville discusses and demonstrates how libraries can integrate new technologies like virtual reality, 3D printing, and podcasting equipment to foster equitable content creation. The session will highlight ways to ensure these technologies are accessible to all users and how they can be used to elevate underrepresented voices in media production…

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Building Resilient Communities: Using Media Literacy to Fight Extremism, Hate and Violence

Building Resilient Communities: Using Media Literacy to Fight Extremism, Hate and Violence

This session, part of UNESCO Global MIL Week and co-organised by the Media Learning Association and Media Education Lab, will be dedicated to exploring media literacy as a proactive tool for resisting harmful communication, preventing extremism, and fostering stronger,…

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Digital Ubuntu/Empathy of Teenagers

Digital Ubuntu/Empathy of Teenagers

In the third interactive session, co-hosts Aurra Kawanzaruwa and Yonty Friesem will share case studies of digital empathy/Ubunto with teenagers. Participants will discuss how can media education and digital citizenship across the globe support adolescent search for identity and human connections to society. What are the concepts of Ubuntu/Empathy when teens are engaged online? As teens get more…

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Digital Tattoo: A Students as Partners Digital Literacy Initiative

Digital Tattoo: A Students as Partners Digital Literacy Initiative

In this webinar, librarians from University of British Columbia and University of Toronto will discuss the Digital Tattoo (DT) - a cross-institutional digital identity literacy initiative that employs a student as partners (SaP) model. They will discuss the project’s ethos and how this project is shaped in partnership with students and other academic…

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Digital Ubuntu/Empathy of Children

Digital Ubuntu/Empathy of Children

In the second interactive session, co-hosts Aurra Kawanzaruwa and Yonty Friesem will share case studies of digital empathy/Ubunto with children. Participants will discuss how can media education and digital citizenship across the globe support children's rights and connections. What are the concepts of Ubuntu/Empathy when children are engaged online? As children get more and more surrounded by…

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Introduction to Digital Ubuntu/Empathy

Introduction to Digital Ubuntu/Empathy

In the first webinar, co-hosts Aurra Kawanzaruwa and Yonty Friesem will share their personal journey to explore empathy/Ubunto as they work in the area of media education and digital citizenship across the globe. Additionally, they will set up the stage to discuss the connection between the scholarship and practice of media education with the concepts of Ubuntu/Empathy. As we get more and more…

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MediaEd Club: The Future is Analog

MediaEd Club: The Future is Analog

In this session, Francia Garcia Hernandez will guide a discussion on the future of technology based on the thought-provoking book "The Future is Analog" by David Sax.Amid the increasing use of AI and predictions about the digital future, this book offers some lessons drawn from the COVID-19 pandemic that can guide individuals in using…

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MediaEd Club: Elvin Explores North Lawndale

MediaEd Club: Elvin Explores North Lawndale

In the July meeting of the MediaEd Club, Jay Simon will present his coloring book series "Elvin Explores North Lawndale" Vol. 1 and Vol. 2, with a read-along and an artist talk with a Q&A. Jay will provide an in-depth explanation of the origin story, background context and storyline for each coloring book. He will also go in-depth with what the future holds for the Elvin Explores series and…

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The Routledge Handbook of Media Education Futures Post-Pandemic.

The Routledge Handbook of Media Education Futures Post-Pandemic.

Our team from the Media Education Lab is proud to announce the publication of The Routledge Handbook of Media Education Futures Post-Pandemic. This handbook showcases how educators and practitioners around the world adapted their routine media…

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Teaching Media Production Online During a Pandemic

Teaching Media Production Online During a Pandemic

Teaching Media Production Online: Best Practices and Challenges During the Covid Pandemic How are media production teachers coping with remote video production with students?  Starting in mid-March, US schools moved to remote instruction due to COVID-19 pandemic. Media production teachers had to shift their teaching to online without the possibility to use their high-end equipment in school.…

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Seeing, Believing and Learning to be Skeptical: Supporting Language Learning Through Advertising Analysis Activities

Seeing, Believing and Learning to be Skeptical: Supporting Language Learning Through Advertising Analysis Activities

Access the PDF here This study documents how a high school ESL teacher working with new immigrants ages 14–20 supported the development of their critical thinking and English language skills by using advertising analysis activities. The article examines the use of key critical questions for analyzing…

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Core Instructional Practices of Media Literacy Education

Core Instructional Practices of Media Literacy Education

How often do students in elementary or secondary schools encounter media literacy through its core instructional practices? We identified 16 basic activities that are commonly used in elementary and secondary schools in subject areas including English language arts/literacy, social studies, the sciences, visual arts & design and the performing arts, mathematics, engineering and technology,…

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The Media Straight Up! Media Literacy Guide for Middle School

The Media Straight Up! Media Literacy Guide for Middle School

THE MEDIA LITERACY GUIDECreated by Renee Hobbs and the Media Education Lab and co-sponsored by Drug Free Pennsylvania. Access the PDF from the Pennsylvania Department of Drug Prevention Programs. Renee Hobbs and a team of Pennsylvania educators developed The Media Straight Up to…

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A Starter Guide for Engaging Online Meetings

A Starter Guide for Engaging Online Meetings

We share the key insights we learned about online meetings into a crisp synthesis that helps everyone get started with the essential features of great online meetings!Check it out: https://bestonlinemeetings.com

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THE HIVE

THE HIVE

When teachers and library media specialists use a student-centered approach to media production, learners create to learn, developing cognitive, social, and socioemotional competencies through creative media production that can support academic achievement across the subject areas. This model consists of six stages where students collaboratively learn to produce media messages. Based on five…

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Understanding Implicit Bias: The Power of Reflection

Understanding Implicit Bias: The Power of Reflection

Developed by Elizaveta Friesem, Media Education LabLESSON 1: Edward Adelson’s Checkerboard IllusionLESSON 2: The Implicit Association TestLESSON 3: Considering the Consequences of Implicit Bias OverviewDOWNLOAD THE LESSON PLANS HERE Students develop a better understanding of their own…

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 My Pop Studio

My Pop Studio

See how My Pop Studio can be used in formal and informal learning settings by browsing the examples below.

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Iranian Youth and Media Literacy

Iranian Youth and Media Literacy

Curriculum Resources from the Youth Media Workshop for Iranian American Youth, held in Philadelphia from August 3 - 7, 2009 at the Asian Arts Initiative. See the lesson plans and reflections. Developed by Aggie Ebrahimi Bazaz, this program was also co-sponsored by: …

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Students Taking Action, Not Drugs (STAND)

Students Taking Action, Not Drugs (STAND)

The STAND (Students Taking Action, Not Drugs) project invites young people to use the power of mass media to design, create and deliver meaningful messages to help other teens resist drug use. This online curriculum includes nine lesson plans to help your students make public service announcements (PSAs) that can be aired or displayed to a large national audience. The STAND project combines the…

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