5 Easy Ways to Keep Canadian News In Your Day written by Theresa Aqui, OFSHEEA 2023 president, and Diana Maliszewski, AML 2023 co-vice-president Have you noticed a difference in your social media feed? In response to recent federal legislation (Bill C-17, the Online News Act), Facebook’s parent company, Meta, has decided to “end access…
September/October 2023 Newsletter brings a fantastic set of Barbie lessons, based on the new blockbuster. Also exciting news of our Parts 1, 2, 3 AQs starting Oct 12th!. And much more …. Click here for our latest newsletter.
Anatomy of a Thumbnail and the Impact of AI = an original article by Diana Maliszewski for AML.ca Inspiration can often come in the middle of the night. It's why I keep a pad of paper and pens on my bedside table. A couple of days ago, I had an idea for a potential new…
Our Co-VP Diana Maliszewski has written a lively and informative response to her MES2023 experience in Vancouver this March. You can read it here, in her Monday Molly Musings blog. Part 2 is here.
Our end of school year news includes our new AQs, inspiration for cross-curricular Fall lessons, a new podcast, and more. Click here for our May/June Newsletter.
Why Some Words? by Diana Maliszewski One of the 2023 Ontario Library Association’s Forest of Reading nominees is Can You Believe It?: How To Spot Fake News and Find the Facts by Joyce Grant and Kathleen Marcotte. This is an enjoyable text with many media literacy connections. The Ontario Library Association describes it like this: Everything…
So Easy to Fall by Diana Maliszewski Two recent examples have shown me that, even when people know the critical thinking strategies to use when consuming media, those skills are useless if you don’t apply them. I’m lucky I have my spouse and his healthy skepticism. Mckamey Manor I was scrolling through Facebook on my…
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https://nmc-mic.ca/2022/10/19/media-literacy-week-is-right-around-the-corner/ AML’s Co-Vice President Diana Maliszewski and AML Executive member June Lee in conversation as they embark on a filmed media scavenger hunt* about “Library as Media Environment”. *A media scavenger hunt is a tour or walkabout in any space at any time with questions about what we see, hear, feel and experience. Join…
This engaging conversation from Media Literacy Week features Neil Andersen, Margie Keats, Diana Maliszewski & Michelle Solomon.