“Posting sparsely, sending love.” I recently shared these words in my Instagram stories to express honor and gentle acknowledgement for the aching losses and trauma experienced in our country this spring. As a media literacy and technology scholar, I’ll often engage in periods where I participate sparingly in online spaces. While this may seem incongruous– the media teacher who only […]
What color would you call this? Aqua? Teal? Turquoise? Just look at that vibrant Robin’s egg blue! It’s almost impossible to define it using just one name. Cyan? This in-between color reminds me of key ideas in media literacy education, along with implications for practice. That audiences are involved in the processes of making meaning is perhaps the most exciting
This year marks my 17th year teaching in the field of new media literacies. In this time, I have conceptualized and designed curricula to sharpen the effectiveness of teaching and learning new media literacy skills, including active and critical thinking, across a stunning array of contexts and for a wide variety of learners. I have used existing media literacies frameworks
