Media Literacy Week produced a cache of artifacts useful for K-12 teachers, university academics, librarians, and community leaders. Events throughout the week highlighted the power of media literacy education and its essential role in education today. Find some of the online resources and activities from Los Angeles participants here.
As part of Media Literacy Week, Tessa Jolls was online taking questions from Reddit followers in an Ask Me Anything forum about media literacy. Thank you to all who participated. Find the transcript PDF here -- excellent questions and informative responses.
CML's Tessa Jolls was asked to comment on a questionable "creepy" ad campaign published by Bloomingdale's. Read the article.
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/USA-Update/2015/1112/Creepy-Bloomingdale-s-ad-reveals-the-power-of-social-media
CML's Tessa Jolls is quoted in this recent article from Variety. Reality TV and Politics make the need for media literacy very real.
http://variety.com/2015/voices/columns/donald-trump-media-campaign-reality-tv-1201603398/
Media Literacy Week www.medialiteracyweek@namle.net is designed to bring attention and visibility to media literacy education in the United States and to highlight the power of media literacy education and its essential role in education today. Inspired by Canada’s Media Literacy Week now in its 10th year, there will be a variety of events held around the country.
How must curricula change with the new demands for global education and for learning anytime, anywhere? CML's Tessa Jolls explores these questions in the Journal of Media Literacy Education, in her article "The New Curricula, Propelling the Growth of Media Literacy Education.”
CML now offers FREE resources for getting started with media literacy. CML's acclaimed evidence-based framework for media literacy provides a global standard that is widely used by educators around the world. In an effort to promote media literacy worldwide, we are offering FREE materials in a variety of languages (Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, French, Turkish, Arabic, Korean, Chinese, Bosnian). Global OnRamp resources are available as FREE downloads through the CML Store.
The MILID Yearbook 2015 Media and Information Literacy for the Sustainable Development Goals is now available. The Yearbook includes an article by Tessa Jolls and Carolyn Wilson on the Fundamentals for Global Teaching and Learning. http://milunesco.unaoc.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/milid_yearbook_20151.pdf
CML's Tessa Jolls received the International Media and Information Literacy Award from the Global Alliance for Partnerships on Media and Information Literacy (GAPMIL). The honor was awarded at this year's NAMLE/GAPMIL conference during Global Media and Information Literacy Week. Read the press release from UNESCO-UNAOC here.
