I was once at a meeting of various social media managers for different Bay Area non profits. Each manager was giving an update on their work and bragging about how many “impressions”, “clicks” and “millions of views” their stuff was getting. The social media manager at my organization got up and talked about how little …
As we get close to summer, this is a time when normally we would be prepping for educator workshops, seminars, and conferences. While in-person events are still a ways off, we are starting to get invited to speak at more virtual events over the next months. I’m honored to get to talk about our work …
In November, my manager Randy Depew and I gave a lightning talk for the virtual Open Education Conference. Our topic was “KQED Media Academy: Designing Open PD that is Open to All Educators”. It was a great opportunity for us to talk about how we have designed our KQED Media Academy courses to be as …
From a teacher friend. TLDR; even imperfect but heartfelt actions of compassion can effect your students in ways you may never know. The day after the Capitol Riots, I was sitting in my classroom before school, and I got a phone call from another math teacher. He wanted to know what I was going to …
As anyone who knows me for five minutes knows, dance is a big part of my life. But rarely does it leak into my professional life! Last week I has the pleasure of co-facilitating a workshop for 20 dance teachers on how to support youth-created dance videos for KQED Education. Specifically, my colleague Teresa and …
I’m committed to ensuring that educators of color feel prepared to teach critical media literacy skills to their students. To support this goal, I’m organizing a new cohort of teachers of color to work toward the PBS Media Literacy Educator Certification by KQED. To kick off the cohort, I’m hosting an intro webinar on February …
Today I was reflecting on all the different causes and issues I have devoted my career to over the past three decades or so. On the one hand, they seem pretty disparate and distinct. On the other hand, I can see the links that connect them to each other, and how one organically led to …
Last week marked two years working at KQED for the incredible Education Department. I feel so lucky to get to work for this amazing organization every day. Helping teachers across the country to teach students how to understand, evaluate and make media is such an honor. Excited to see what the future holds for our …
So 2020 was of course not the year that anyone expected it to be. I feel very fortunate that I continue to be gainfully employed at an organization that values my work and that serves a vital need in this time of multiple crises. Here’s some of my professional highlights from 2020. Working from Home …
I’m so excited to lead a hands-on workshop at the virtual Fall CUE conference on Monday, October 26. The subject of our session is: “Lies, Damn Lies and Deepfakes: Teaching Media Analysis to All Grades”. It’s going to be a fun, hands-on meetup with teachers, where I will get them analyzing and evaluating media, spotting …