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By Chelsea Attwell and Diana Maliszewski It’s almost the end of 2018 – that means it’s time to release a list! We have 40 Ideas for Incorporating Media Literacy into a Kindergarten Program. [...]

The NAMLE Conference was held in Washington DC,  June 26 – 28, 2019. The conference provided a rich collection of ideas and resources. Below are some highlights of my experiences. -by Neil [...]

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 [...]

While pundits predict the end of TV, it is still a major family activity. Older broadcast TV (CBC, CTV, Global) is controlled by a different set of policies than cable and OTT TV (Netflix, Prime, [...]

By Diana Maliszewski “What is your emoji-name?” by Neil Andersen has been one of our most accessed posts since it was first published in 2017. If you used Neil’s lesson [...]

  By Diana Maliszewski with Neil Andersen Students can create some astounding media creations, especially as a collaborative venture. The challenge can be about how to evaluate the [...]

I attended one of the McLuhan Salons recently – talks/discussions that are co-sponsored by St. Michael’s College at U of T and the Estate of Marshall McLuhan. On November 9 at the ROM, we [...]

by Rick Smolan and Jennifer Erwitt reviewed by Geoffrey Winship The Human Face of Big Data is a big book. I mean really big. At almost twice the dimensions of most coffee table books, it is [...]

These slides (click here) were part of a presentation by AML Director Diana Maliszewski for newly-hired permanent contract teachers in the Toronto District School Board during their Beginning [...]

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. [...]