Our March/April Newsletter is a rich collection of material including ideas about AI, a lesson on podcasting with Grade 8s, and more. Please click here for the full document.
What a fantastic end to a rough week. I had the opportunity to attend EdCamp Hamilton, coming off the back end of several heated discussions around the organization and attendance of a focus group held by Pearson. I had taken issue with the fact that some people were unable to distinguish between a conference and…
Chris M. Worsnop A respected colleague asked me to be one of the people to answer the question, Does Media Education Work? Here is a slightly revised version of the answer I sent.
Hey Google, who are Siri, Cortana and Alexa? Children really like voice assistants for at least two reasons: the interface is easy, requiring only voice commands instead of the challenges of the keyboard or tablet; and they get instant results, giving them a feeling of empowerment. Toddlers love to request a favourite song that plays…
Why are Ontario students are missing out on the essential skill of media literacy? AML is concerned about the position of media literacy in the current Ontario curriculum. Written in 2005, the content lacks any references to smartphones or social media, the driving forces in communications culture today. These factors are shaping our current language,…
Check out our Fall Media AQ, a new Interview, and an invitation to re-visit our Lesson ideas.. Click here for our September newsletter.
https://www.instagram.com/solo_orca/reel/DCuult5Jqgx/ In this guest post, educator Rachel Wood describes how she developed a series of lessons to use in the Library Learning Commons (LLC), as part of an Additional Qualification (AQ) course she took. AML would like to thank Rachel for permitting the publication of her lessons here on this site – the link…