Presentation on Making Photo Essays with Adobe Express
Here’s a short demo of me explaining how to make a photo essay using the free Adobe Express app. Filmed live with no cuts or edits.
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Pope Leo XIV Encyclical on Artificial Intelligence
I finally had some time to review Pope Leo XIV’s official “encyclical” on the topic of artificial intelligence, which they published last month. While I have not read the whole thing (50+ pages of text) in detail, it raises a lot of important concerns about generative AI that are worth considering. On what is “artificial …
My Media Analysis of a Barbie Ad
Here’s an example of the kind of critical media analysis that I train educators and students to do, for any media that they come across in their lives, whether that be an infographic from a political candidate, a TikTok video, or a podcast. I decided to focus on a kind of media that most people …
New Course on Copyright and GenAI for Educators Launches
I’m excited to unveil a new project that I’ve been working on with KQED, a new course entitled “Copyright, Fair Use & AI: A Guide for Educators.” Here’s the course description: Wondering when it’s ok to reuse or remix other people’s work or media in the classroom? Curious if you or your students can use …
Should You Use AI Generated Media in Your Work?
For the past few weeks, I’ve been revising one of my favorite courses on KQED Teach, “Understanding Copyright for Educators.” It’s a short, breezy introduction to the basics of copyright law, Fair Use, Creative Commons and the Public Domain. Fun stuff! When we originally wrote this course in 2022, there was a lot of complicated …
Media Literacy + the Spirit: Finding the Inner Light in a Digital World
I’ve been a media literacy educator for the past 17 years. And I’ve been a practicing Quaker for more than 25 years. Until recently, I haven’t put those two parts of me together. At its face this feels like a shaky juxtaposition. Media literacy is being able to consume, analyze, evaluate and share media effectively …
KQED Education 2024-25 Report highlights KQED Teach and the PBS Certification
The KQED Education 2024-25 school year report is out! I’m so proud of our successes this year, including my work managing KQED Teach (pg 12) and the PBS Media Literacy Educator Certification (pg 13). KQED Teach was reviewed in the spring by researchers from the National Association for Media Literacy Education who found that 90% …
Two New GenAI Courses Launch on KQED Teach
I am excited to announce the launch of two new courses on KQED Teach focused on GenAI in the classroom: These courses join our first GenAI course “Partner with GenAI to Elevate Authentic Student Voice” to complete our trifecta of offerings that bring together the full picture of media literacy – ANALYZE, EVALUATE and CREATE …
Teaching Teachers How to Partner with AI in the Classroom
My role at work has shifted to leading more professional development workshops for teachers. This week, I co-led a workshop on partnering with AI to support student media making. We had 227 folks turn out! When you are leading workshops online, it’s hard to know if you are hitting your marks. But it’s great to …
New “Partner with GenAI” Course for Teachers Launches March 24!
I”m excited to announce the newest course on KQED Teach — “Partner with GenAi to Elevate Authentic Youth Voice.” In this short course you will learn about KQED Education’s unique take on generative AI in the classroom and see how you can customize an AI chatbot that supports student media making. Pre-enroll here. Partner with …