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Carol Arcus

Summer ’26 Newsletter

Explore this month’s professional learning opportunities and resources for educators. This issue features a podcast on AI and emerging technologies with Tim King and Neil Andersen,…
Carol Arcus

Carol Arcus: Notes and Musings on IMLRS, Rome 2026

Carol Arcus: Notes and Musings on IMLRS 2026, Rome, Italy Introduction: As you might have predicted, this International Media Literacy Research Symposium in Rome tended to…
Diana Maliszewski

A Maliszewski POV of IMLRS6

6th International Media Literacy Research Symposium (2026) Conference Reflections by Diana Maliszewski (This summary will appear on both http://mondaymollymusings.blogspot.com and www.aml.ca) Note: All…
Diana Maliszewski

Just Dance

Just Dance By Tessa Lofthouse, Carol Arcus and Diana Maliszewski How does dance education happen in your school? In many elementary schools, dance is a…
Diana Maliszewski

How AI Acknowledges Its Errors

How AI Acknowledges Its Errors By Diana and James Maliszewski We write this three and a half years after the public release of ChatGPT…
Diana Maliszewski

Reading the Reading for the Love of It Conference with a Media Lit Lens

This post first appeared under the title “My First RFTLOI Conference” on Monday Molly Musings. It is republished with consent from the author. I have been…
Carol Arcus

February 2026 Newsletter

This month’s AML newsletter is about more than books. From K-Pop Demon Hunters and why it resonates across generations, to live conversations with leading media educators,…
Carol Arcus

PODCAST! GenAI Agent Imposters: A Cautionary Tale

This latest Mediacy podcast features a compelling conversation between our president Neil Andersen and Gina Marcello about her experience with GenAI agents while teaching online courses…
Neil Andersen

Lesson: Assessing Climate Change Messages in Political Cartoons by Lisa Loffredi

By Lisa Loffredi, Secondary Teacher-Librarian, YCDSB (Ontario) This Grade 9 Destreamed geography lesson uses climate change political cartoons to develop students’ media, geographic, and AI literacy.…
Carol Arcus

December 2025 Newsletter

This month’s newsletter leads with a new angle on teaching Shakespeare, from a new AQ grad. Diana Maliszewski’s blogs take centre stage, while we also introduce…