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Feb. 9 I chose coronavirus as the central theme of the first weeks’ language studies for 2 grade 10 classes of adult (22+) learners at Scarborough Centre for Alternative Studies. I chose [...]

Oh what a tangled web we weave… Thanks to Jessie Hirsh’s Metaviews,* I listened to episode 86 of a China Tech Talk podcast, China’s social credit system: everything you know is wrong with Kendra [...]

Listen to Neil Andersen and Carol Arcus’ podcast chat with King Cosmos (@RealKingCosmos) about his riveting reparations song, Payback Time – available on iTunes. Click here for the study guide. [...]

A group of us from the AML attended Ron Deibert’s talk at the Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, on November 9. Deibert is the Director of The Citizen Lab, an interdisciplinary laboratory based at [...]

We know that educators need fun, creative classroom conversations and activities on the intersection of media and our communities of African descent. Please peruse these resources AML has [...]

February 9, 2020 was the broadcast of the 92nd Academy Awards. There are many ways to include the Academy Awards as part of your media lessons. Here are a pair of ideas that incorporate several [...]

Why would anyone want to relive an era defined by plague, rats, the stench of open sewers and horse poop, risk of torture, and daily threat of violence? It seems many people love the prospect, [...]

Chelsea Attwell is currently a Digital Lead Learner Hybrid teacher with the Toronto District School Board and a member of the board of directors for The Association of Media Literacy since 2013. [...]

by Neil Andersen and Diana Maliszewski This is the saga of a song. The melody and lyrics have remained intact, yet its long list of performers and audiences have profoundly changed its experience [...]

(This post – originally from 2018 – poses relevant questions in light of the recent ban on cell phones in TorontoDSB classrooms. -ed.) The principal of Earl Grey Senior Public School [...]