On August 26, I (Diana) posted my reflections from watching sessions from the 2021 NAMLE conference. While preparing the blog post, I noticed so many more presentations that I wanted to watch! Here are my interpretations of those nine “extra” workshops I was able to view. Agents of Influence: A Media Literacy Game Combatting Misinformation…
NAMLE 2021 Conference Reflections by Diana Maliszewski July 16-18, 2021 was the National Association for Media Literacy Education’s conference. This American organization shifted, like many other groups did recently, to a completely online format. This decision, combined with the ability to access the on-demand pre-recorded sessions for three months afterward (ending October 15, 2021), allowed…
Credit to @sylviaduckworth and @privtoprog on Twitter Recently, Vice President Diana Maliszewski presented a Grade 5/6 anti-racist Elementary unit at NAMLE’21. Power in the Picture: Reading Jerry Craft’s “Class Act” & Unpacking Racial Profiling explores a graphic novel with an anti-racist theme for Grades 5/6. Click here for the full video presentation. Click here…
AML presented at NAMLE 2021 this year, in a successful conference of media literacy educators and researchers. Here is our Vice President Diana Maliszewski’s recorded presentation on national anthems and how teachers can use the media key concepts to ask questions about anthems, how anthem versions are chosen, and how they are shared….
Eggs – Not That Kind by Diana Maliszewski Today’s blog post has appeared on my personal blog (Monday Molly Musings) as well as the Association for Media Literacy website. I am crafting this reflection on the Easter weekend. On Animal Crossing New Horizons, virtual me has been busy collecting eggs of all types in preparation…
The Ontario Library Association’s annual OLA SuperConference, was held virtually February 3-6, 2021. The theme was “Clever Minds and Human Hearts”. AML Vice President Diana Maliszewski & Director Sarah Bayne created & shared “Add Another M: Incorporating Media Literacy Into STEAM Explorations”. Please click here to view this rich presentation.
This past August, two of our AML board members, Diana and Sarah, had the opportunity to present at the Beginning Teachers Conference. This year, the conference was held virtually via Zoom. Approximately twenty participants showed up to the AML’s session, titled “It’s All Political: Media Literacy and Our Texts, Talk, and Teaching.” The session’s focus…
I think this is the first time that I will have posted an identical blog post in three different virtual places simultaneously: (L-R) Mary, Peter, Diana My Personal Blog http://mondaymollymusings.blogspot.com/ My Family Gaming Blog http://familygamingxp.blogspot.com/ The Association for Media Literacy’s website https://aml.ca/ This is because the topic is relevant to all three sites: my recent use of the…
A perspective by Sarah Bayne, an Ontario elementary educator and board member with the AML. October was a stressful month for many of us. Between students, teachers, and families navigating the ups and downs of back to school, a global pandemic, and a nerve-wracking lead-up to a divisive election in the United States, distractions were…
By Chelsea Attwell, Carol Arcus, Sarah Bayne and Diana Maliszewski In light of the Covid -19 pandemic many people are spending more time at home and engaging in various online and offline activities. Many of these activities may involve getting creative to have fun and provide entertaining activities for both adults and children alike. As…