When Literacy Goes Digital

The anticipation is killing me, as David Cooper Moore and myself are moving into last-minute countdown mode for the release Continue reading →

Project-Based Learning: Eight Essential Elements

It’s Day 1 at South by Southwest Education (SXSWEdu), and already I’m feeling the buzz. There’s a great conference room Continue reading →

Media Literacy Smart Phone

By Jonathan Friesem GUEST BLOGGER Ever since the Media Education Lab moved from Temple University to the University of Rhode Continue reading →

Waking Up to New Approaches to Community Media and Librarianship

Two amazing professionals have been literally keeping me awake at night: Maureen Sullivan and Tom Stites. For days now, I Continue reading →

A “Ripping” Fine New Year

My New Year’s Resolution: In 2013, I’ll be “ripping” DVDs to make clip compilations for media literacy. And I’ll be Continue reading →

The Promise of Libraries Tranforming Communities

Sometimes I wish that information specialists ruled the world. After all, people who know how to find and access information, Continue reading →

PVK 2010: Comics 101

Second- and third-grade students in instructor Rachel Hobbs’s comics class learned all about reading and making comics. Using online software Continue reading →

PVK 2010: Unlitter Us!

As environmental issues become a greater concern locally, nationally, and globally, students enrolled in Powerful Voices for Kids often have Continue reading →