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by Neil Andersen and Chelsea Attwell. It is useful and fun to think about media in broader terms than books, websites or news. The environment that our students learn in provides rich learning [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Here are Chelsea Attwell’s slides from her lesson design lecture for the OTF Summer Institute. Lesson Design Community Walk

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 [...]

Many thanks to Nina Silver for sharing the following Secondary assessment/evaluation tools. Dracula  PSA Audacity Sound Production Rubric 2DL Media News Story Evaluation Photo Essay Evaluation [...]

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, [...]

by Diana Luciani, former AML Board Member This 5-day lesson plan incorporates media into the Learning Strategies/Skills for Success Ontario course, and in doing, helps students examine and make [...]

Brahm Finkelstein has designed and marketed a set of specially-designed Russian Dolls to protest Russia’s anti-gay legislation and raise funds for LGBT sport.