Sherri Hope Culver
NAMLE President
Is your state (or city) considering the adoption of media literacy standards as part of their curriculum standards? I hope you'll consider NAMLE a resource for help in this effort. Recently, NAMLE submitted feedback to the State of Missouri during their "call for comments" in the development of their media literacy standards. Finally, we're seeing discussions about the need for media literacy education move from the classroom or other individual settings to the larger government and legislative arena. This is an opportunity many of us have been seeking. Even the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is currently seeking comments fro the public on media literacy education.
In our role as your professional organization, NAMLE plans on responding to these calls for comment, but also wants to work with you to assist in those places where you're working to get media literacy recognized and included as a vital part of 21st century education.
If your efforts have already paid off in your community or state, please share your story. Write a short piece for this newsletter. We'd like to highlight the accomplishments (and challenges) of others so we can build a "best practice" pool of resources for the field.
I look forward to hearing your stories and feedback, Sherri Hope Culver
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NAMLE Needs You.
You can make a difference and advance the mission of media literacy education by joining a NAMLE Committee: Communications Committee
Karen Zill · Web management, UPDATE newsletter & external communicationDevelopment Committee Cindy Pulley · Fundraising: Corporate and foundationProgram Committee Paul Milhailidis · Programmatic development, Journal of Media Literacy EducationConference Committee Deb Parker · Coordination & Development of 2011 NAMLE Conference
Conference Program Committee
Vanessa Domine · Programmatic Development of 2011 NAMLE Conference · Editor, Update
Membership Committee
Kelly Mendoza·Membership recruitment, renewal & service
Finance Committee
Brian Cohen · Budgeting, reporting, strategizing & all things fiscal |
Do you have
development experience?
Put your passion for media literacy to good use by serving on NAMLE's Development Committee and helping us to raise the funds necessary to advocate and provide services for members. Some fundraising experience preferred; especially grants and corporate sponsorship. Contact Sherri Hope Culver [shculver@namle.net]
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The
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.
--NAMLE
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Grant Opportunity
Fund for Teachers is now accepting applications for 2010 Summer Education Grants that give teachers the freedom to design an experience that will most impact their lives, their profession, and their community. Individual grants ($5000) and team grants (up to $10,000) are available. [Online applications available]
Deadline for submission:
Jan 29, 2010.
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Voices From the Field
"In the long run. . . spending lots of time on the Key Concepts, even with engaging and entertaining examples, didn't really help teachers know what to do. After all, I wasn't asking them to change media, I was asking them to change education. So, to help workshop participants tackle the task of figuring out how to integrate media literacy into their teaching and make it their own, I developed a checklist - a tool with which to evaluate the design of the media literacy lessons that they develop. I offer it as an abridged version of NAMLE's CPMLE " [read full article]
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 aking Headlines
Remember a few years back when NAMLE honored Jon Stewart with one of its Media Literate Media awards at the national conference? Well, the Daily Show is making news again with its "serious" ongoing commitment to media criticism and media literacy. [read more]
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ark Your Calendars
New Media Gallery @ NCTE · Check out NAMLE member presentations at the New Media Gallery @ NCTE November 19-22 in Philadelphia. Peter Gutierrez, Jennifer Powers & Katie Monnin are
presenting Teaching Media Literacy with Graphic Novels.
Other presenters at the convention include Bill Kist (Chairman of the
NCTE Commission on Media) and our colleagues at the Media Education Lab. Join them and other NAMLE members at the New Media Gallery Group on the NCTE Ning · [convention-at-a-glance]
K12 Online Conference 2009 "Bridging the Divide" · Since 2006, the K-12 Online Conference has provided outstanding opportunities for free, collaborative, accessible professional learning for educators around the globe. The learning will begin with a pre-conference keynote during the week of November 30th. During 2 weeks (Dec 7-11 and Dec 14-17) over fifty presentations will be posted online for participants to view, download, and discuss. [learn more] "Speak Up" Webinar @ Internet Safety · Dec 12 noon PST/2:00 PM EST. When it comes to internet safety, parents and teachers are advocating for more restrictions at home and in school, while students complain that the filters and firewalls are limiting their technology use and negatively impacting their ability to learn. T.H.E. Journal and Project Tomorrow will present data
findings and moderate a panel discussion with students, teachers and
administrators from various school districts. [register now]
The petri dish of journalism experimentation · Jan 7-10, 2010 in Seattle, Washington. The Journalism That Matters collaborative is convening their first event ("Reimagining News and Community in the Pacific Northwest") focused on the quickly evolving ecosystem of journalism in the Pacific Northwest. Join editors, writers, broacasters, bloggers, producers, entrepreneurs, philanthropists, educators, students, digital entrepreneurs, media activists, community journalists, public advocates and public-policy experts to learn how you can replicate their experiments in your home region's laboratories.[learn more]
Save the Date! NAMLE 2011 · The National Association for Media Literacy Education will hold its biennial conference in Philadelphia from July 22-25, 2011. Plan for this opportunity to gather, network, have fun, share research, learn and implement powerful new ideas for media literacy education. If you can assist us in connecting with organizations that share the vision of our Core Principles of Media Literacy Education, contact Deb Parker, Conference Chair [dparker@namle.net]. Want to help plan the program? Contact Vanessa Domine, Program Chair [vdomine@namle.net] ····························································
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ember Spotlight
 Meeting Mr. (Copy)right Filmmaker and NAMLE member Michael RobbGrieco will show his two films (Users' Rights and What's Copyright?) this Saturday Nov 21 @3:30pm at the NCTE Film Festival in Philadelphia. RobbGrieco will briefly discuss how teachers can and do use these valuable animated music videos that bring an element of entertainment to help ameliorate copyright confusion among educators and students in both high school and college. RobbGrieco is a doctoral student at Temple University, a member of NAMLE's graduate student caucus, and a member of NCTE's Commission on Media. · [contact him]
 Shaping Media
Shaping Lives
For over 30 years HOME, Inc., (a non-profit based in Boston) has worked with the education community to produce award-winning programs that shape the lives of young people. Through media literacy, health education, video production, and artist programs, HOME provides the catalyst to help young people achieve their personal goals, while becoming productive contributors to their community. NAMLE is proud to claim HOME, Inc. as an organizational member.[post to the Home blog]
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ore Publishing Opportunities
CFP: Journal of Media Literacy Education · NAMLE's online interdisciplinary journal is for established and emerging
scholars, media professionals and educational practitioners in and out
of schools. Participants in the
2009 NAMLE Conference are especially encouraged to submit articles based on their presentations. Contributors can submit at any time. [view submission guidelines]CFP: The ALAN Review · The lines between various forms of media are frequently blurred for young adult readers; young adult novels increasingly have some combination of web sites, blogs, fan fiction, and video games to accompany them. The theme of this issue asks us to consider the influences of film, new media, digital technology and image on young adult novels. We welcome manuscripts addressing pedagogy as well as theoretical concerns. Submission Deadline: March 15, 2010 [view submission guidelines]CFP: New Horizons in Education · (Hong Kong Teachers Association) A special issue on media literacy education will launch in December 2010 and provide a forum for multiple voices discussing all aspects of media literacy education. Authors who are interested are encouraged to submit manuscripts directly to the guest editor, Dr. Guofang Wan, Professor of Education at Ohio University. [view submission guidelines] ····························································
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edia Literacy Curriculum
Girls Communicating Career Connections (GC3) · The Education Development Center, Inc. with funding from the National Science Foundation offers a youth-produced, web-based video series and companion educator materials on science and engineering careers-developed by and for middle school aged girls. The GC3 videos share career information, highlight 21st century skill development, and focus on the positive social impact of science, technology and engineering careers. [learn more].News Literacy Tips · For young students, finding reliable information can be a challenge.
The News Literacy Project brings seasoned journalists into secondary school classrooms to help teenagers and preteens evaluate and create reliable information. The program is now in Bethesda, New York City, Chicago, and hopes to expand to Los Angeles by 2010. Interested in bringing the program your school? [contact NLP]High Five integrates Language Arts & Journalism · The Newspaper Association of America Foundation has developed High Five-an integrated, three-unit curriculum that includes reading, writing, journalism, grammar, linguistics and visual literacy. All materials are age-appropriate for middle-school students. The curriculum uses the daily newspaper as a textbook and information source. [download curriculum]
Study Media Literacy Online · Take advantage of a standards-based media literacy (3 credit) course at Appalachian State University. Complete assignments at your own convenience each week and work from online materials, assigned readings, media clips and excerpts. Seats are limited and instructor permission is required by November 24th. Out of state students may need to provide transcripts and other documentation, so register early [learn more] ····························································
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arketplace Feature
 Author, award-winning journalist, professor and NAMLE member John McManus gives us Detecting Bull: How to Identify Bias and Junk Journalism (2009) and exposes the biases of both audiences and journalists. This CD-ROM book lays open the fundamental conflict of interest all news providers face between maximizing audience and servicing advertisers on the one hand and on the other, providing a picture of the world upon which citizens can act. Great for staff development Order your copy today. Sale Price $21.83 (reg price $24.95).Product #1630. [read and/or submit a review]
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NAMLE assists in developing Missouri state standards ·
