MARCH 2025 NEWSLETTER
We’re excited to announce our Spring ’25 AQ for Parts 1, 2, and 3 Media Studies, plus a Part 3 webinar on AI in the K–12 classroom. We’re also partnering with four Ontario Subject Associations for a 3-week conference this March and April. Check out the latest research on AI in education, Dr. Faith Rogow’s provocation on AI in the Early Years, and David Buckingham’s blog on cell phones in classrooms.
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The following list of texts is a jumping off point, not a definitive selection, for teachers to consider when using graphic novels in the English/Language classroom.
On October 13, 2021, two members of the Association for Media Literacy ran a presentation, part of an eight-week series, for Third Age Learning Guelph. The topic of this particular session was Finding Trusted Sources and Evaluating Information. In this presentation, we shared a few examples of media bias charts. However, the examples we highlighted…
The Ottawa Public Library celebrates Media Literacy Week, and AML is on board! Scroll down the Program page and click on the buttons to register for AML’s 2 live online presentations: Navigating Online Content for Adults 50+ Oct 27th (Diana Maliszewski) Digital Media Literacy and Parenting Oct. 29th (Chelsea Attwell & Carol Arcus)
Ian Pettigrew, a valued friend of the AML, sent us a real estate ad that he found compelling and thought might make a good media study. We agree. Someone once observed that the higher the price, the less we use logic when purchasing. We might anguish between the store-brand or name-brand cream cheese, but then…
The CBC has posted an interactive map based on the October 30 Toronto Police Report. The map is an interesting addition to the massive Rob Ford news coverage and raises a number of questions.
Here is a Media Education activity to help students understand the concept of “genre”, from Chris Worsnop, retired English and Media Consultant, and education writer and consultant: