Why Leadership Matters

I’ve been thinking a lot about leadership recently, and some of you know why. In January, I’m going to become Continue reading →

Building Bridges and Identifying Distinctions

I’ve been trying to build bridges between digital literacy and media literacy for a bit of time now because the Continue reading →

Reflections on NAMLE 2011 in Philadelphia

What a whirlwind it’s been here in Philadelphia at the National Association for Media Literacy Education (NAMLE) conference. This bi-annual Continue reading →

Summer School for Media Education in Corvara Italy

Lucky me – I was invited to participate in the Summer School in Media Education in Italy! What a pleasure Continue reading →

Summer Film Jammin’ with the Big Picture Alliance

To us, this probably just looks like a rubber band. Or maybe, given the wielder’s hand placement, one of those Continue reading →

Voices of Youth Address Violence in Philadelphia

After the screening of the great documentary by YES Philly students, Pushouts, which was featured on NBC 10 recently, it’s Continue reading →

YES Philly and PhillyCAM premiere

YES Philly and PhillyCAM have collaborated on “Pushouts,” a youth-led initiative designed to raise community awareness about high school drop-out Continue reading →

PVK 2010: Flash mob video games

When flash mobs — impromptu gatherings often coordinated through social media — began popping up in Center City Philadelphia, many Continue reading →