How Schools and Parents Can Promote Media Literacy
Michelle Ciulla Lipkin, executive director of National Association for Media Literacy Education, speaks with us about why media literacy is more important than ever.
Tag: media literacy
'State of the Union' & the student part of student privacy protection
By Anne Collier There’s a lot of confusion in the air about student data privacy, and some widely quoted words about it from President Obama in his address Tuesday night didn’t help (but I suspect his speechwriters...
Two 2014 anniversaries that say reams about our kids' futures
By Anne Collier We don’t want to let 2014 slip away without marking two anniversaries that are very important to our children: those of an invention and a convention. This year was the 25th anniversary of Tim...
Of parenting & a class called 'Wasting Time on the Internet'
One of the central stereotypes of (or maybe urban legends about) us, our tech and our time is people filling every free or empty moment doing something on a screen – texting, playing a game, posting a photo, listening to a tune,...
The next version of 'Internet safety': A look under the hood
By Anne Collier “Under the bonnet,” colleagues across the Atlantic and Down Under might say. I put it that way because this post is a bit more e-safety geeky than usual. Parents and caregivers who don’t geek...
