Lessons and Ideas

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. [...]

TVO is Ontario’s publicly funded English-language educational television network and media organization that serves the Canadian province of Ontario. They are continuing to offer free 24/7 access [...]

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 [...]

Ahead of his time?   by Irene Faiz This media literacy unit on COVID-19 masks was designed for a Grade 10 Secondary English class.  I plan to use many of these activities when I teach Visual [...]

The October 5 and 12 Mediacy episodes referenced transcribed versions of the debate recordings that might be useful for Secondary Media Literacy, English, Drama, Civics, Journalism and History. [...]

Curio.ca by Michelle Solomon and Carol Arcus These resource materials are the beginning of an ongoing bank of resources that will allow teachers to build an effective anti-racial curriculum [...]

by Irene Faiz OCT These lessons were created for my grade 12 Ontario Literacy Course (OLC) English classes during a block of 11 weeks of remote learning at a west-end Toronto high school.  This [...]

Using a Grade 10 English narrative unit as an example, Neil Andersen explores how teachers might use online tools to deliver a media-literacy-integrated approach to the English curriculum. [...]

*We need to know what you need: if you are a K-12 educator, please take 3-5 minutes to complete our survey.  Our latest news: *AML Director Chelsea Attwell has published her innovative media [...]

Congratulations to AML Director Chelsea Attwell on the publication of her innovative media literacy research in the Journal of Sustainability Education (May 4, 2020). This article outlines [...]