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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. [...]

(This post – originally from 2018 – poses relevant questions in light of the recent ban on cell phones in TorontoDSB classrooms. -ed.) The principal of Earl Grey Senior Public School [...]

This infographic provides convincing evidence why media literacy is the single most important skill to understand and succeed in our current mediated environments. As you explore it, ask [...]

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 [...]

Many students’ smartphone home screens are a random collection of app icons while others are carefully curated and organized. How might teachers use these variations for a fun, practical [...]

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, [...]

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 [...]

One of the most compelling aspects of media studies involves sites of struggle. Sites of struggle are social phenomena that become arenas for changing values and behaviours. They include fashion, [...]

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 [...]