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 …
Tomorrow, Wednesday September 2, I’m excited to lead an online info session for teachers on the PBS Media Literacy Educator Certification by KQED. I’ll be talking about why media literacy is so important for all teachers to be including in their lessons and how the PBS Certification can help them best integrate this subject into …
I wrote this piece for the KQED Education blog, focused on key learnings from seven of our newest PBS certified media literacy educators. I’m so proud of what these master teachers are doing around the US to support quality media education for young people. There’s no magic wand that we can wave to make remote …
These are challenging times for teachers, as we face a new and mysterious new viral outbreak called the COVID-19 coronavirus. Students are getting news, rumors and opinions coming at them from a variety of sources. They need tools to sift through the data storm on this emergency health issue. The New York Times has come …
This past weekend, I had the pleasure of facilitating and speaking at a workshop on media literacy for PBS station representatives at the NETA annual conference in Washington DC. The title of our session was “Media Literacy in Your Community,” and featured experts from PBS national, the National Association for Media Literacy Education (NAMLE), Idaho …
As we close out 2019, I am thinking of all the cool stuff the KQED Education team accomplished over the year. There’s a lot I could mention from across our department, but here I will just focus on projects that I was personally involved in. So here are some of my personal highlights from 2019 …
I am delighted to share the new set of curricula from the Stanford History Education Group (SHEG), “Civic Online Reasoning.” This set of teaching resources adds to SHEG’s already impressive contributions to the field of media literacy. A key proponent of the “lateral reading” method of online fact checking, SHEG’s “Civic Online Reasoning” curricula takes …
This week, I had the honor of participating in a couple of media literacy events in Moreno Valley, in Southern California. This was my first trip to this part of the state, which was super interesting to visit. I was there to support a group of educators working on developing their media literacy skills, as …
I’m excited to announce that I’m facilitating a free online course on Finding & Evaluating Information from October 21-27. Learn how to spot misinformation with strategies used by professional fact-checkers. Review the concepts of reliability and bias, and practice evaluating online information and images so you can bring these skills to your students. This is …