Essential Frameworks

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 …. [...]

 An Inquiry into an American Icon* “I want to do the imagining, not be just the idea” (Barbie) The 2023/2024 school year has begun and Barbie, the summer blockbuster film by Greta [...]

  Our Spring PD Webinar, When Less is More: Integrating Media Literacy Into Your Practice, offered abundant classroom resources. Teachers may click here to access the full list of resources [...]

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 [...]

This was a very politicized gathering of people who are working hard to be woke. The conference theme derived from the work of Media Ecology Professor Antonio Lopez, who has been a long-time [...]

Media Education Summit, Vancouver March 2-4 2023 Neil Andersen and Carol Arcus presented ideas regarding pedagogies of empathy, and how these might help us understand “the fraught [...]

Check out our Fall Media AQ, a new Interview, and an invitation to re-visit our Lesson ideas.. Click here for our September newsletter.  

by Neil Andersen Note: These two images, representing “about” and “through” come from the icon collection from The Noun Project. We are permitted to use these images under [...]

AML is proud to present our Best of the Best: 28 Lessons and Ideas for Teaching Through and About Media at Secondary Level We are including 10 lesson/units for Black History Month 2022. Click [...]

February 18th PD Workshop heads-up! We also feature a rich list of Secondary resources, and news about our AQ course! Click here for our February newsletter.