Elementary

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 prep delivery subject, taught by [...]

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, to powerful classroom [...]

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 [...]

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 a novel idea: the [...]

We are pleased to present a new lesson experience in integrating media literacy with Shakespeare study from Stuart Nash, graduate of our Part 1 Spring ’25 AQ. Stuart outlines the challenges [...]

Our colleague Heidi Siwak shares with AML the Student Voice Insight Report. 51 Ontario schools used I-Think’s problem-solving approach in 2024-2025 to prepare for an AI-driven future. This [...]

Starting the Year with Media Literacy Routines Discover how 4 experienced educators introduce media literacy from Kindergarten to high school—using tools like Brightspace Portfolio, photo [...]

In this newest podcast, Mediacy host and AML Director Carol Arcus chats with Teacher and AML Director Irene Faiz and Teacher-Librarian Monique Twigg about banning books.  

August 2025 ‘Back to School’ Newsletter: Blogs, Resources, Lessons galore! Click here for September inspiration.

This article is by Diana Maliszewski.   The Association for Media Literacy has this “Early Years Definition” of Media on the Essential Framework section of the website. What if [...]