| New Name - New Logo
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 The Board of Directors of the AMLA recently voted to officially change the name of the organization to the National Association for Media Literacy Education ( NAMLE, pronounced NAME-LEE). Now we are unveiling our new logo. Read more online about the renaming process and all the members who contributed to the discussion. Soon we will be making the changeover on our website and our official materials. Also, watch for the NAMLE Update newsletter in your inbox in the months to come.
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Welcome to New Board Members
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 Sherri Hope Culver (pictured left) has been elected as the new President of the Board of Directors, and Amy Petersen-Jensen has been elected 1st Vice President.
Jane Ballinger has been re-elected as a Director, and three new Directors have been elected: Brian Cohen, Jane Owens, and Cindy Pulley.
Welcome to the new board members and congratulations to all.
The new Board will be sworn in at our annual Board of Directors planning and strategy retreat, which we are holding in Detroit in late June.
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AMLA in the UK
International Media Literacy Forum |
Approximately 80 attendees from all over the world gathered in London last month. Policy folks, researchers, educators, people running programs for children. AMLA is a founding partner of the Forum, which is run by Ofcom, the UK telecommunications regulator. The Director of Media Literacy for Ofcom is Robin Blake, our keynote from NMEC 2007. Representing the USA were AMLA members Sherri Hope Culver, Renee Hobbs, David Kleeman (American Center for Children & Media), Faith Rogow, Lynda Bergsma, Elana Rosen and Jordi Torrent. Renee was a featured panelist, and Faith led a discussion group. Lynda was a featured panelist and presented her health/media lit research (see below). Elana presented MEAL research, and Jordi presented about the Alliance of Civilizations Media Literacy project. Copies of the AMLA's Core Principles of Media Literacy were shared with everyone. Ofcom offered a presentation after the conference in which they shared their just-completed comprehensive research about children's and adult's media use. See the MLE Resources column on the right of this newsletter for links to the research findings online. Read presentation abstracts and view other conference materials at Ofcom's conference site. AMLA President Lynda J. Bergsma and Mary E. Carney presented a paper at the conference titled Effectiveness of health-promotingmedia literacy education: a systematic review. You can read an abstract of the paper online.
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| Members On the Move & Making News
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Congratulations to AMLA member David Considine, whohas been named the winner of Cable in the Classroom's Leaders in Learning Award® in the category of Media Literacy Education. David is a professor and media literacy consultant at Appalachian State University. He served as the 2003 NMEC Conference Chair and is a former member of the AMLA Board of Directors. Read more about the awards and David's accomplishments here.
AMLA Board Member Paul Mihailidis was a featured speaker in the May 27th roundtable discussion titled: News Literacy: It's importance and Trends Internationally. The discussion was hosted by The Center for International Media Assistance at the National Endowment for Democracy, who commissioned a study titled: The Role of Media-support Organizations and Public Literacy in Strengthening Independent Media Worldwide. The roundtable discussion was also aired on CSPAN, and you can watch the session online.
Mihailidis, who was quoted in the CIMA report, spoke about the Salzburg Academy on Media Global Change, a three week global media literacy academy that annually gathers over 60 students and faculty from around the world to meet in Salzburg, Austria to explore media's role in global citizenship and civil society. You can contact Paul at pmihailidis@jmail.umd.edu
AMLA member Maryanne Malecki, Education Director for WAMC Northeast Public Radio in Albany, New York has been named the 2008 recipient of the Neiderberger Award, presented by the Capital District Council for the Social Studies. The award - named in honor of Robert Neiderberger, a social studies teacher at the former campus school at the University at Albany - recognizes Council members who have made exceptional achievements and contributions to social studies education in New York's Capital Region. Read more about WAMC here.
AMLA Advisory Board member Rosemary Truglio, vice president of research and education for Sesame Workshop, has been appointed by the U.S. secretary of health and human services to a four-year term as a member of the National Advisory Child Health and Human Development Council. The council advises the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development.
AMLA members Elana Rosen and Renee Hobbs presented at the Media Literacy and the Health and Well-Being of Children panel at the International Communication Association conference in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
The Missouri Foundation For Health and The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) invited Jessica Z. Brown, AMLA board member and also president of Gatewy Media Literacy Partners, Inc. (GMLP) to represent both organizations at one of three national town hall meetings on improving health literacy, held May 16, at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. HHS will report on the town hall meetings in early 2009.
AMLA member Nick Pernisco has released a new video about faith and media. "Preaching the Media: Exploring Media, Faith and Values in Faith Communities" includes interviews with members of the faith media community including AMLA members Sister Rose Pacatte from the Pauline Center for Media Studies and Father Peter Malone from SIGNIS International. The video is available from Carmelina Films.
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| Institute to explore 21st Century Literacies
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Everybody is talking about teaching "21st century literacies" but in July, the National Council for Teachers of English (NCTE) will hold a 3-day conference to explore precisely what the idea means and how to implement it in K-12 English and Language Arts classrooms.
The NCTE Institute for 21st Century Literacies (July 20 - 23, 2008 in Indianapolis) will address issues often discussed in the context of media literacy education:
- How to help students identify reliable sources of information and analysis?
- How to assess web 2.0 processes and texts?
- How to write curricula that utilizes new media forms and 21st century skills? .
If you're an English teacher looking for answers to these kinds of questions, or to share how YOU and your colleagues are developing new media classrooms, this Institute is for you!
Elizabeth Thoman, AMLA board member and a member of NCTE's Media Commission, will introduce AMLA's Core Principles of Media Literacy Education as one of the resources for the Institute. She will also host a gathering of AMLA members who attend. Registration includes a full year's license (worth $195) for the new 21st Century Literacy Pathway, an online resource to assist English teachers in implementing 21st century learning. For complete details and registration, go to the ncte website.
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Call For Articles
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The theme for the March 2009 issue of the ASCD journal Educational Leadership is 'Literacy 2.0'. The issue will explore the role of literacy in our ever-evolving digital environment. How can we help students learn and transfer traditional literacy skills? What new literacy skills are called for? How can we teach students to judge the reliability, accuracy, and quality of information? Articles will explore how wikis, blogs, RSS feeds, and portals of streaming media have affected how students read, write, speak, think, and work. Deadline is October 1, 2008. For more information go to www.ascd.org/el.
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| Mark Your Calendar
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The 2009 National Media Education Conference will be held in Detroit,
Michigan, August 1 - 4, 2009. The Westin Book Cadillac Hotel has been
selected as the host hotel. You can check out pictures of the hotel and
read about its rich history here.
AMLA members Renee Hobbs and Brian Primack will be featured presenters at the Media Literacy Conference for Substance Abuse Prevention in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on June 19-20. For more information, visit the conference website.
AMLA organizational member Pauline Media Center is hosting the 9th annual National Film Retreat at its Los Angeles headquarters July 4 through July 6 as part of the Catholic Academy for Communication Arts Professionals. This year's film theme is Melting Pots: Food and Family. The retreat will show five films and foster communication afterward. For more information, visit www.nationalfilmretreat.org.
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| Call for Media Literacy Award Nominations
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The National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) Commission on Media has announced that it will award the second annual Media Literacy Award at the Assembly of Media Arts Sharing Session at the upcoming NCTE Annual Convention in San Antonio. The award showcases NCTE members who have developed innovative approaches for integrating media analysis and composition into their instruction. It will be presented to an individual, team, or department that has implemented and refined exemplary media literacy practices in their school environment. The Award Selection Process will be based on a portfolio review by a panel from the Commission on Media. Deadline for application is June 16, 2008. Read the call for nominations online. _____________________________________
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New MLE Resources
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UK MEDIA LITERACY REPORTS AVAILABLE
Ofcom, the United Kingdom telecommunications regulator, has published its second audit of adult and children's Media Literacy in the UK.
The Media Literacy Audits are part of a wide program of Ofcom research into Media Literacy in the UK. They provide a base of evidence to develop new policies and initiatives to help citizens and consumers access and use digital media services and technologies. View the reports online.
MOYERS NCMR ADDRESS AVAILABLE ONLINE
Bill Moyers' electrifying speech at the National Conference for Media Reform is available for viewing on youtube. For more information about NMEC 2008, visit the website of freepress.net, the sponsor of the event. |
| AMLA Opens Online Marketplace |
In case you missed the announcement, the AMLA Marketplace opened for business May 1, picking up inventory from the former resource catalog produced for many years by the Center for Media Literacy.
AMLA is pleased to have CML Founder Elizabeth Thoman coordinating the Marketplace. In each issue of UPDATE, she'll identify monthly specials plus new and interesting resources available
Idea! Take some time this summer to become familiar with the Marketplace and the many search functions you can perform to find just the right resource for that new course next fall.
You can also contact Liz directly for assistance in finding what you need. Remember AMLA members get a 5% discount plus FREE shipping when your order is over $50.
SUMMER SPECIAL:
Video Games in the Classroom 30% discount 'til July 15.
Teachers
at every level will find Playing to Learn: Video Games in the Classroom a rich source of creative activities using games and game
culture as pedagogical resources that can teach both knowledge and
valuable skills.
We're so keen on it, we've made arrangements to make
it available to AMLA members at 30% off. Regularly $30, you can get
it for only $21 with an order of $50 or more before July 15.
Summer Reading Suggestions
Now's the time to gather up those books and DVDs you'd like to read and view during the coming days of summer vacation.
AMLA's Marketplace has a wealth of classic media literacy books, such as Len Masterman's Teaching the Media or Kate Moody's Children of Telstar, right alongside new works like Henry Jenkins
masterpiece, Convergence Culture: where New and Old Media Collide.
Another great classic page turner is Good Guys Don't Wear Hats, a surprising account of how kids interpret media experiences that involve issues like violence, race, gender and class. If you've not read it, now's the time.
Help Clear our shelves for new fall titles
Be sure to check out the many titles on Clearance and maybe pick up a bargain for your summer reading.
On the "shop and search" page click on "reduced for clearance" and a complete list will come up - most are at least 50% off. But when the copies are gone, they're gone - no reordering.
We've got to make room for a dozen or more new titles for fall . . .
. . . next edition, we'll describe some of them. Enjoy!
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