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Media Smart Webinars
Spring 2016
JOIN US! Learn more about media literacy and share and discuss ideas from the comfort of your home as the Media Education Lab brings free professional development programs via Zoom.US.
Media, Gender & Hegemony
Tuesday, Feb 9th
8 p.m. EST online
Join us for a lively discussion with Elizaveta Friesem, PhD., who is exploring media not as a "thing" we can be influenced by or use, but as a form of human communication that consolidates yet also challenges the social system by allowing both dominant and subversive ideologies to flow through it. Instead of blaming the media or individuals who produce certain media texts, Friesem asks: How do we all contribute to the status quo through communication processes? How can we, by educating ourselves about ideologies that circulate in our culture, fight against in inequalities that plague society?
Join
Kristin Hokanson for a webinar exploring the new non-profit organization,
Inquiry Schools, an initiative created by Chris Lehmann and Diana Laufenberg. In addition to her work as Digital Learning Coach at the Media Education Lab, Kristin is now working with Chris and Diana on this exciting new initiative. We'll learn more about the aims and goals of this new program and get a deeper understanding of how Inquiry Schools helps support the school reform process.
Learn More.
Tuesday, March 1st, 8PM ONLINE
Creativity and 5-hour Media Production Challenge
Join
Zoey Wang to learn how high school students activated their creativity, collaboration and problem-solving skills through a media production project.
We're thrilled to announce that
Chris Lehmann, Principal of the Science Leadership Academy in Philadelphia, will be coming to the Summer Institute in Digital Literacy as our 2016 keynote speaker.
Learn more here.
Save the Date!
4th Annual
Summer Institute in Digital Literacy
For K-12 and college faculty, librarians and media professionals, it's a hands-on, minds-on learning experience like no other!
We're proud that the U.S. National Education Technology Plan 2016 mentioned the Graduate Certificate in Digital Literacy as helping to build the future of professional development in technology education!
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