Easy-to-Use Membership
Service Launched
NAMLE has a new expanded website and web membership service that will enable you to seamlessly join or renew your membership and/or make a donation.
So re-activate the power of your membership and begin networking with media literacy professionals and educators by going directly to this easy and flawless service at: namle.net/membership
Your membership support is vitally important to the work that NAMLE is doing for you and for the field:
· PROVIDING you with networking and professional development opportunities such as the Bridging Literacies: Critical Connections in a Digital World, NAMLE conference to be held Aug 1-4 in Detroit
· EXPANDING our comprehensive website to facilitate a network of Media Literacy Professionals committed to improving the practice of media literacy education in the United States
· OFFERING an extensive online Media Literacy Marketplace where you can search and shop for the best books, DVD's, and curriculum for teaching the principles of media literacy - and you get a member discount!
· LAUNCHING the online peer-reviewed professional Journal of Media Literacy EducationIf you're not a member yet, what are you waiting for?
Join NAMLE Today
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MARKETPLACE items priced to sell
The NAMLE Marketplacehas a large number of items reduced for clearance, and you can save up to 50%! Click the "Search and Shop" button on the Marketplace home page, then click the reduced for clearance link, and then shop away.
NAMLE members always receive free shipping and a 5% discount on their orders, so you can save even more!
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The NAMLE Marketplace: Your One-Stop Shop for the best in media literacy materials
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We Need You!
Don't just sit back and ponder the best ways to advance media literacy education. Join a NAMLE Committee! New NAMLE President, Sherri Hope Culver, invites members to help advance the mission of media literacy education by joining a committee of the Board. Board Committees tackle specific projects and initiatives for the industry and the organization. Committees seeking interested volunteers are listed below. Please contact the committee chair directly. Communications Committee Karen Zill communicationschair@namle.net(manages website, UPDATE newsletter and external information) Marketing CommitteeJessica Z. Brown Marketingchair@namle.net(manages marketing strategy, press relations, etc.) Development Committee Cindy Pulley developmentchair@namle.net (manages fundraising from foundations, corporate giving, and government) Program Committee Amy Jensen propubchair@namle.net(manages programmatic development) Conference Committee Sharon Sellers-Clark NMECchair@namle.net(manages the NAMLE conference upcoming Aug. 2009) Membership Committee Jane Owens membershipchair@namle.net(manages membership recruitment, renewal and service)
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 Looking for new media literacy tools for your classroom?
Want to kick start your career in media literacy education?
Need a few days of media literacy inspiration?
Then join us in August for our national conference!Visit our website for the latest news about the 2009 NAMLE Conference. Meet some of our featured speakers and read about the conference program theme. You can also watch a student-produced video that highlights the culture and entertainment that Detroit has to offer. Do note the conference this year is August 1-4 instead of the late June date we've had for prior conferences. We'll start on Saturday evening August 1 and end the conference Tuesday at noon. In between will be four days of non-stop media literacy, including keynotes, workshops, roundtables, presentations and screenings. We'll have several meal events with stimulating speakers - plus you won't want to miss the Monday night celebration of the 50th anniversary of the "Motown Sound." Registration Opens March 4;
Members Can Sign up Early for only $199!
NAMLE is committed to making our biennial conference affordable for all. So we've arranged for an Early Early Bird registration fee of only $199 - beginning March 4th until April 15. Full time graduate or undergraduate students can register for only $119. But these rates will be available to members only, so make sure your membership is current. You can save over $100 off the non-member rate of $300 . The complete fee structure will be announced soon in a special registration email to all subscribers to UPDATE. It will include links to our new Acteva e-commerce / registration interface so transactions will be quick and easy with a credit card. Keep your eyes on your inbox and take advantage of this low-cost rate which will expire on tax-day - April 15. Not a member or has your membership lapsed? Join (or rejoin) when you register and you'll qualify for the discounted rate. Renew or join for two years and be current until the next conference in 2011. |
Call For Proposals, Issue 2
 NAMLE's new Journal of Media Literacy Education has posted the call for its second edition . The deadline for submissions is April 15. The peer-reviewed journal will be published online three times a year. The call for papers and information about the journal are available on the NAMLE website, namle.net/publications/jmle. |
Members on the Move & Making News
NAMLE president Sherri Hope Culver and members Frank Baker and Renee Hobbs will participate in a panel discussion titled: Watch it, Make it, Analyze it: Building
Media Literacy Skills in Young People. The panel is part of the 4th
annual Thirteen/WNET, WLIW21 Celebration of Teaching and Learning.
The School of Teaching and Curriculum Leadership at Oklahoma State University in Tulsa (a NAMLE organizational member headed by Gretchen Schwarz) invited NAMLE treasurer Elizabeth Thoman to speak to faculty and grad students at the university's annual Research Week under the 2009 theme of "Innovations." Liz presented a dynamic interactive presentation weaving her personal reflections on the history of media literacy with the challenge of media literacy as education for the 21st century..
What have you been doing lately? NAMLE members, send us news of your
activities, and we'll include it in the UPDATE. Email us at
update@namle.net
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Media Smart Research Awards
Cable in the Classroom has announced its 2008 Media Smart Research Awards program, which aims to encourage the teaching and learning of media literacy in American schools and homes. By publicizing and supporting the research of emerging media literacy scholars, Cable in the Classroom aims to expand the knowledge base on the status and effectiveness of media literacy instruction. Up to three Media Smart Research Awards of $2,000 each will be given for research papers in media literacy written by graduate students attending accredited colleges and universities in the United States. Undergraduate students at such institutions may, with the recommendation of their faculty advisor, also submit papers for consideration. This year's deadline is May 31, 2009. NAMLE's own Kelly Mendoza was one of last year's winners. Let's do it again this year. Details online.
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Call for Proposals
Join us for Pedagogy "Speed Dating!"(Call for participants at the National Association for Media Literacy Education 2009 conference) Do you have a terrific lesson plan or activity that you use again and again in your classroom? Could you explain it to a colleague in 10 minutes or less? We want to hear from you! Pedagogy Speed Dating will be sponsored by the Media Education Lab at Temple University. We want to feature the best lesson plans from educators all over the country, in an energetic panel session that will leave attendees filled with good ideas for their classrooms. For consideration, please submit the following: 1. Title of lesson plan 2. Age group(s) of students for which it is appropriate 3. At least one specific learning objective it is meant to accomplish 4. List of equipment or materials needed to implement it in a classroom 5. A description of the lesson plan or activity (no longer than 200 words) that would enable a teacher to "run with it" in a classroom. E-mail submissions as Word document attachments to Tina Peterson no later than midnight on March 31. We will notify all educators selected to participate in the session by April 30th. |
Mark Your Calendars
It's not too soon to begin making plans for the NAMLE Conference 2009 "Bridging Literacies: Critical Connections in a Digital World," which will be held in Detroit, MI August 1 - 4, 2009. Visit the NAMLE website for more information. PBS WNET Thirteen presents a Celebration of Teaching & Learning, March 6-7 in New York City. Featured speaker Alan Alda will join a host of speakers and panels, including a panel on media literacy hosted by NAMLE's Sherri Hope Culver and Frank Baker. Read more online at thirteencelebration.orgThe 7th annual Northeast Media Literacy Conference will be held on Friday, April 3, 2009 at the University of Connecticut. The theme of the conference is "Rethinking Media Literacy Priorities in a Changing Information Age." Read more online.  Drug Free Pennsylvania is hosting the second annual Critical Eye on the Media Conference on April 2-3 in Harrisburg. The conference will feature two of the top authorities in the field of media literacy, NAMLE members Dr. Renee Hobbs from Temple University and Dr. Brian Primack from the University of Pittsburgh. Details online. The Teachers College at Columbia University is hosting The Moving Image in the Classroom, April 4-5 2009. 3rd Global Conference: Visual Literacies: Exploring Critical Issues. Tuesday 14th July - Thursday 16th July 2009, Mansfield College, Oxford, United Kingdom. Read the call for papers and more information about the conference at the conference website.
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New MLE Resources
NAMLE organizational member Common Sense Media has launched a new parent media education program designed for elementary and middle schools. The free program provides everything schools need to partner with parents to teach kids how to be smart and responsible media users and creators. Topics range from cyberbullying, cell phones and Instant Messaging to media violence and commercialism. Schools can register for the program at commonsensemedia.org to get free access to the entire program, including videos, tip sheets, surveys, scripted presentations, and discussion guides. Now available online: an extensive summary of the Rebooting the News: Reconsidering An Agenda for 21st Century Civic Education event, including session results, streaming video and photographs. Find the extensive resources at rebootingthenews.org. |
Opportunities
The Center for Media and Democracy, an independent, nonprofit public interest organization located in Madison, Wisconsin, is seeking an inspired Executive Director to oversee, manage and grow the organization. CMD's primary mission is promoting transparency and an informed debate by exposing corporate spin and government propaganda, and by engaging the public in collaborative, accurate and fair online reporting. Details of the position are available online.
Fair Media Council Recognition Program for Teachers
The
Fair Media Council is unveiling a new program designed to recognize 4th
to 6th grade teachers who are using news and promoting media literacy in their classrooms. Entries are due by June 15, 2009, and will be judged
by community leaders. Winners will be recognized with the Fair Media
Council designating the winning school as a Fair Media Council Media
Savvy School. Download the
Media Savvy Teacher program forms at www.fairmediacouncil.org.
The Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD) is seeking nominations for the Outstanding Young educator Award. OYEA winners receive $10,000 and an all-expenses-paid trip to the 2010 ASCD Annual Conference. In addition, OYEA winners and honorees are invited to share best practices and participate in leadership-building activities throughout the year. Nominees must be 40 years of age or younger. Nominations close on August 1, 2009!
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