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Many parents make a particular point of exposing their children to books at an early age and continue to promote a love of reading throughout their childhoods. As popular as tablets and [...]

I attended the American Library Association conference in Washington, DC and had an opportunity to visit the expansive—REALLY expansive—exhibits. You might expect most exhibitors to be promoting [...]

by Neil Andersen In Metaphors We Live By, cognitive linguist George Lakoff explains that most of our language is metaphorical. This is especially true when we are discussing abstract ideas rather [...]

Everyone who has used the internet for personal social communication and entertainment in the last few years has seen a meme. The meme:  –“a virally-transmitted cultural symbol or [...]

Provocative on so many levels… Ike Interviews God What would YOU ask?

  Malcolm Gladwell has a podcast called Revisionist History. It’s smart, fun, and feels like listening to a chapter of one of his books. I especially enjoyed the Hallelujah episode,  which [...]

by Neil Andersen, Diana Maliszewski and Nina Silver In an early episode of The Crown, a young Queen Elizabeth is frustrated because she feels that she is not being taken seriously, both for being [...]

Since taking a series of story telling workshops three years ago, I have always been interested in the medium of telling stories as a way to learn about ourselves, others and the world around us. [...]

Blog post by Laurie Townshend with extension activities by Michelle Solomon The U.S. Civil Rights Movement reached a peak in the 1960’s with widespread reactions to systemic racism boiling over [...]

Late September, 2017 provided media students with a wonderful opportunity to discuss the relationships between and among politics, news, sports and the global village. Note the update at the end [...]