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.
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 …
Ghibli Park: I Understand What “Immersive” Means Now
About a week ago, I had the opportunity to visit Ghibli Park in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. I could write a lot about the park, but what sticks with me most is what the experience was like without a smartphone. Because cameras and smartphones are prohibited to use in most of the park. The management does …
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 …
Farewell to Claude, the Albino Ambassador for the California Academy of Sciences
A short tribute to Claude, the albino alligator and ambassador for the California Academy of Sciences, from 2008 to his passing a week ago. I had the pleasure of working with Claude for the six plus years I served in the Academy education department. Most every morning, I would greet Claude on the way to …
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% …
Library Camp 2025: I love librarians!
My last responsibility with KQED Education was to co-lead a couple of workshops at “Library Camp,” a full day professional development day for Santa Clara based librarians from August 27-28. Our objective was the share our unique perspective on AI and student learning, based on our experience as a media producer and educational nonprofit focused …