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Neil Andersen

Media Literacy Triangle with Questions – Secondary

This graphic presents questions that mobilize the items on the Media Literacy Triangle. Do NOT engage all the questions at any one time. Select one or…
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Social Media Triangle

The Social Media Triangle was designed for the OTF/OADE Social Media and Teacher Learning Conference, February, 2012. It is an amalgam of the Media Literacy Triangle and…
Neil Andersen

Fake News Triangle – Audience

These Audience-related questions are designed to help you assess the news story from different audiences’ points of view. Do not use them all, but choose as…
Neil Andersen

Fake News Triangle – Production

These Production-related questions are designed to help you assess the producers and distributors of the news story. Do not use them all, but choose as many…
Neil Andersen

Fake News Triangle – Text

These text-related questions are designed to help you interrogate the codes and conventions of the news. Do not use them all, but choose as many as…
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Grandparenting and Media

Children discover media early, about the time they become aware of colours and motion. When they start to explore with their hands, they thrill to the…
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Are We Addicted?

Many families are concerned that they are spending too much time on their devices and/or spending time on the wrong activities. Many experts are happy to…
Neil Andersen

Media Environment Scavenger Hunt

by Neil Andersen and Chelsea Attwell. It is useful and fun to think about media in broader terms than books, websites or news. The environment that…
Carol Arcus

Media Ecology Association Conference, Toronto

by Carol Arcus, AML. I attended the Media Ecology Conference (MEA) on June 28 and 29, 2019 in Toronto. Here are some of the highlights, and…
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Media Literacy Week – October 7-11

* Media Literacy Week is an annual national campaign hosted by MediaSmarts and the Canadian Teachers Federation. It is supported by collaborators like AML, to promote…