As the school year comes to a close, here are some international resources that teachers, parents and our community may find useful. Let us know if you have anything to add to our growing list!

• The International Council for Media Literacy: Formerly the National Telemedia Council, they are based in the U.S. but translated into Spanish and Portuguese. They publish The Journal of Media Literacy (a favourite of ours).
• Are you a parent who wants to help get media literacy into your school? This U.S. advocacy resource from Media Literacy Now is a great place to start.
• From Finland: Misinformation and fake news:
  • New York Times: “How Finland is Teaching a Generation to Spot Misinformation” (2023)
  • CNN Special Report: “Finland is Winning the War on Fake News” (2019)
• Australia has just released a new Curriculum connection resource on media literacy. Developed alongside ‘key media literacy experts’, the online resource builds children’s media literacy proficiency across Media Arts, English and Digital Technologies in particular.
  • Here is the resource: Understand this Curriculum connection – Media consumers and creators

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On another note, Neil Andersen has been gathering resources about AI. Here are 3 provocative articles:

How AI is changing the face of dating.

Dazed Digital asks, How does the use of AI in dating apps redefine what we consider authentic—and who we hold responsible—in intimate human connections?

AI is changing shopping. Will consumers buy in?

We did the math on AI’s energy footprint. Here’s the story you haven’t heard.

MIT Technology Review asks how society should balance AI’s benefits with its growing fossil-fuel power demands that risk reshaping grids, inflating costs, and undermining climate goals.

*Featured image: Ade Akinrujomu / Ikon Images (in Edutopia, May 2023)