PRESIDENT'S COLUMN
September 2009
Did you catch the Emmy awards show last week? Sure, there were award winners, but I'm talking about the media literacy deconstruction that host Neil Patrick Harris added throughout. This year, the control room, complete with Director and production folks in view, was on stage! The orchestra? Onstage. Clever jokes about behind-the-scenes instructions, TelePrompter cues, and audience "tweets" included. It was an entertaining example of how media messaging and self-reflection can be woven into any environment. Of course, many post- event articles also noted the complete lack of diversity in the event. Another reflection worthy of further discussion. Do you have other examples of media pulling back the curtain on its own construction? Send them our way so we can highlight and share.
It's been over a month since the conclusion of the 2009 NAMLE Conference and we've barely taken a breath before beginning the planning for the 2011 conference. You can still catch highlights of the '09 conference by watching the provocative keynote address of Sonia Livingstone and other speakers. This year, we had attendees from 34 states and 7 countries. In fact, the international attendees have decided to start their own caucus! Many commented about the passion for media literacy exhibited by the attendees and the breadth of research and information available. But we can always make it better with your help. Get involved in the planning of the 2011 conference. We'll be announcing details later this year.
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Voices From the Field
"If media literacy is a valuable-indeed essential-component of education for mainstream students, English language learners must also be given this learning opportunity. Schools and teachers should never deny ELLs the curriculum that they deem is important for others. The students will be immersed in the multimodalities of the new media throughout their lives; they need to learn how to use it and how to critically analyze it. . . " [read full article]Glori H. Smith, "Obtaining, Processing, and Constructing English: Blogging in the ESL Classroom" JMLE, 1 (2009), 75-80.
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'09 Conference Highlights
The 2009 NAMLE Conference featured more than 200 people convening in Detroit, attending sessions, networking and brainstorming new ideas. Reports and videos (including keynote addresses & award recipients) are available on the Web.
European Commission calls for media literacy Europeans
young and old could miss out on the benefits of today's high-tech
information society unless more is done to make them "media literate"
enough to access, analyse and evaluate images, sounds and texts and use
traditional and new media to communicate and create media content. [read more]
NAMLE cited as a "Promising Example" The newsletter of the International Clearinghouse on Children, Youth and Media in Sweden cites NAMLE as being "early inspiring developers of media literacy education" [read more].
"Sporting" Media Literacy Media educators Patrick Johnson and Erik Sakamoto from Youth Radio in Oakland, CA presented a day of professional development on "Sports and Media Literacy" at Temple University's Media Education Lab. The event brought together high school, undergraduate and graduate students, teachers, and academics. [read more]
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ark Your Calendars
Arts Education Partnership Fall National Forum:"Charting a Course for the Arts and 21st Century Learning" (October 2-3@ Cambridge, MA). The forum offers an exploration of the connections and synchronicities between the arts and 21st century learning. [Register Now]or [contact the AEP directly].
"Media Literacy, Teaching and Learning and 21st Century Skills" NAMLE organizational member HOME, Inc. is partnering with TechFoundation and MIT Comparative Media Studies for a one-day conference on Media Literacy on October 24th @ MIT Campus. [Register Now]
Kids TV: Around the World in a Day We invite professionals, educators and students working with children and media to the American Center for Children and Media and San Francisco State University's Department of Broadcast and Electronic Communication Arts on October 16th for a screening & discussion of international children's television. [Register Now].
Call for Proposals/Submissions NAMLE's online interdisciplinaryJournal of Media Literacy Education is an online interdisciplinary journal that provides a forum for established and emerging scholars, media professionals and educational practitioners in and out of schools. Researchers and practitioners who participated in the
2009 NAMLE Conference are especially encouraged to submit scholarly or
practitioner articles based on their conference presentations. Contributors are invited to make submissions at any time. Deadline for next issue: October 1st. [view submission guidelines]····························································
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ore Opportunities
The youth programs department at the
Bay Area Video  Coalition is recruiting students for the Digital Pathways Program, an intensive media training program for young people who want to learn skills to advance their potential for careers in technology and the arts. [learn more]
Take 2, a nonprofit led by a National Geographic filmmaker-turned-humanitarian, gathers footage from global conflict zones and offers  this in-depth footage to schools free of charge. Footage is available from the Sudan, Darfur, Cuba, and other areas. Take 2 is currently inviting high schools, colleges, and universities to join the project. Visit Take 2 or email Karin Muller.
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arketplace Feature
British researcher Sonia Livingstone wowed 2011 NAMLE Conference attendees with her keynote address. Learn more about her breakthrough research in her new book, Children and the Internet. Order your copy today through the NAMLE Marketplace and receive a 20% discount.
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purpose of media literacy education is to develop the habits of inquiry
and skills of expression needed by critical thinkers, effective
communicators, and active citizens in today's world.
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Frank Baker was honored at the 2009 NAMLE Conference for his unswerving and dedicated volunteerism. Frank has been with NAMLE from the beginning and has volunteered
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