Social Media Anxiety
TweetIf you’ve found yourself on social media platforms consuming loads of bad news, whether pandemic-related, the economy, or even the…
Tag: media literacy
Media Literacy Podcast with KMOX
TweetMegan Lynch called me a couple of years ago to interview me about this crazy new app called “TikTok”. I…
Coronavirus: Fact & Fiction
TweetAre you struggling with what to believe about the Coronavirus? I’m not objective when it comes to the importance of…
What happens #inbetween ?
Tweet Last week in class we were discussing the article “Can We Stop Shaming Each Other For Being Fake…
Shallow Fakes & Deep Fakes: The Next #digcit Frontier
TweetIt’s nearly 2020 and some schools are still focusing their #digcit energies toward “online safety” and “cyber-bullying”. Granted, these are…
Smart Phones: What’s the Right Age?
TweetI was fortunate enough to be interviewed today by Gia Valenti as a part of her “Moxie Minutes with Gia”…
Moving Forward After a Conference….
TweetI just returned from NAMLE19 in Washington DC, where I was surrounded by media literacy people for three straight days….
Patterns! Media Patterns Everywhere!
TweetEver notice that media messages typically follow patterns? We have the standard political commercial: We have the standard corporate “feel…
Why Media Literacy Week is Better Than Screen-Free Week:
TweetWhat the difference? Media Literacy Week is November 6-10, 2017. Screen-Free Week is April 30-May 6, 2018. Both ambitious concepts….
Fake News Resources for Teachers
TweetResources to Help You Get Started: Super fun to have everyone jumping on the “fake news” bandwagon – we media…