PRESS RELEASE: In response to @sflecce’s announced #OntEd cell phone & social media ban, AML is compelled to highlight the contradiction inherent in mandating #DigitalLiteracy education while simultaneously banning the tools necessary for effective implementation #OnPoli #EdChat

Look ma, the Canadians are reading my book! 😁Thx to Chelsea Atwell & A.M.L for the shout out Media Literacy for Young Children.

Check it out! 🌟 Google for Education's #BeInternetAwesome Media Literacy handbook 👏 NAMLE was a partner on the lesson plans, which address important topics from privacy to identifying false information and provide opportunities to learn #MediaLiteracy skills 🔗 goo.gle/3VUbzMp

Happy first official day of summer vacation #OntEd friends! This will be our last newsletter until September. We are thinking about #AI, #CellPhoneBans, and #SocialMedia corporations’ responsibility for their technology and policy. aml.ca/june-2024-news…

Have you read President Neil Andersen's response to the latest #CellPhoneBans in #OntEd? This blog highlights the complex issues surrounding the impact of smartphones & considers whether such bans might be an oversimplified solution to a multifaceted problem. aml.ca/smartphone-ban…

We're pleased to showcase this recent provocative article co-authored by our Director @[email protected] published in Social Media+Society. It contributes new understandings on #polarization demonstrating how #melodrama functions as a system of norms shaping online emotional performance.Enjoy!

An important call to action to end decades of #TechExceptionalism, arguing "the pace at which #AI is developing suggests that we must act urgently" to regulate the industry to ensure that "governance & ethical decisions" are put in the public's hands. youtube.com/live/1h82vwtJR…

In today's featured blog post, President Neil Andersen explores the Tik Tok "battle" phenomenon and provides rich questions for classroom discussion. aml.ca/inside-tik-tok…

Co-VP Diana Maliszewski just returned from presenting & participating in International Council for Media Literacy (IC4ML) #IMLRS24 in the Azores. Check out her reflection on this year's iteration of one of our favourite #MediaLiteracy conferences on our blog: aml.ca/imlrs-conferen…

In today's featured blog, President Neil Andersen highlights evolving real-world applications of #MachineLearning & considers potential benefits & hazards of #GenAI, from enhancing social connections to ethical concerns, in true #McLuhanian style. aml.ca/how-might-we-m…

🚨 It's been a chaotic, emotionally charged news week. Trying to find credible reports in such an environment can be hard - especially on social media! 5️⃣ basic steps for evaluating a source 👇🏾 Download the infographic: bit.ly/IsItLegitNLP #Journalism #MediaLiteracy

"[Media literacy] can also help [students] develop skills and perspective that may help them... to live with a little more tolerance, understanding, and confidence and a lot more skepticism, scrutiny, and sophistication." Continue in Education Week Opinion 🔗 ow.ly/7gLS50SEKx1

We're pleased to share a gr. 11 Arts unit from Director Irene Faiz as an example of how #KeyConcepts of #MediaLiteracy such as “Media construct versions of reality” & “Media contain values messages” can be seamlessly woven into other subject curricula. aml.ca/kaws-from-medi…

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