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*Lynn Washington runs the Convergent Media Magnet Program at Richland Northeast High School in Columbia, S.C. The program combines newspaper, broadcast, yearbook and graphic design. [mailto:lwashing@richland2.org lwashington@richland2.org] | *Lynn Washington runs the Convergent Media Magnet Program at Richland Northeast High School in Columbia, S.C. The program combines newspaper, broadcast, yearbook and graphic design. [mailto:lwashing@richland2.org lwashington@richland2.org] | ||
*Alan Miller is founder and director of The News Literacy Project in Bethesda, Md. [mailto:alanmiller@thenewsliteracyproject.org] | *Alan Miller is founder and director of The News Literacy Project in Bethesda, Md. [mailto:alanmiller@thenewsliteracyproject.org alanmiller@thenewsliteracyproject.org] | ||
*Dare Brawley is a high-school senior at the Poughkeepsie Day School i Poughkeepsie, N.Y., and editor of the school's feminist magazine called "Scarlet" created and read in grades 7-12. [mailto:airdare@gmail.com airdare@gmail.com] | *Dare Brawley is a high-school senior at the Poughkeepsie Day School i Poughkeepsie, N.Y., and editor of the school's feminist magazine called "Scarlet" created and read in grades 7-12. [mailto:airdare@gmail.com airdare@gmail.com] | ||
*Michael McSweeney is English department chair at Reading (Mass.) Memorial High School, where a new initiative asks all juniors to complete a podcast telling a community slice-of-life human-interest story. [mailto:m_mcsweeney@verizon.net m_mcsweeney@verizon.net] / work: 781-944-8200 ext. 337. | *Michael McSweeney is English department chair at Reading (Mass.) Memorial High School, where a new initiative asks all juniors to complete a podcast telling a community slice-of-life human-interest story. [mailto:m_mcsweeney@verizon.net m_mcsweeney@verizon.net] / work: 781-944-8200 ext. 337. | ||
*Melissa Wantz teaches at Foothill Technology High School in Ventura, Calif., where journalism -- all online -- is being re-introduced after a five-year hiatus. Wantz used Joomla to develop a new online news site incorporating social-networking tools, video, polls, comments, contests and including Ning, Google wikis and Google docs for student peer editing. [mailto:melissa.wantz@gmail.com melissa.wantz@gmail.com] / work: 805-289-0023 ext. 2602. | *Melissa Wantz teaches at Foothill Technology High School in Ventura, Calif., where journalism -- all online -- is being re-introduced after a five-year hiatus. Wantz used Joomla to develop a new online news site incorporating social-networking tools, video, polls, comments, contests and including Ning, Google wikis and Google docs for student peer editing. [mailto:melissa.wantz@gmail.com melissa.wantz@gmail.com] / work: 805-289-0023 ext. 2602. | ||
Revision as of 20:37, 29 September 2009
Media Literacy, Teaching and Learning And 21st Century Skills:
JOURNALISM IN THE K-12 CLASSROOM -- WHAT'S GOING ON?
In the last year a new term has been added to the lingo of media literacy education -- "news literacy." What is news literacy and how does it related to now well-established world of media literacy. In a breathtakingly fast 90-minute overview, six practioners will describe what they are doing and what's going on.
CONFERENCE REGISTRATION / INFO ......VIEW / PRINT FLYER
PARTICIPANTS / PRESENTERS
- Lynn Washington runs the Convergent Media Magnet Program at Richland Northeast High School in Columbia, S.C. The program combines newspaper, broadcast, yearbook and graphic design. lwashington@richland2.org
- Alan Miller is founder and director of The News Literacy Project in Bethesda, Md. alanmiller@thenewsliteracyproject.org
- Dare Brawley is a high-school senior at the Poughkeepsie Day School i Poughkeepsie, N.Y., and editor of the school's feminist magazine called "Scarlet" created and read in grades 7-12. airdare@gmail.com
- Michael McSweeney is English department chair at Reading (Mass.) Memorial High School, where a new initiative asks all juniors to complete a podcast telling a community slice-of-life human-interest story. m_mcsweeney@verizon.net / work: 781-944-8200 ext. 337.
- Melissa Wantz teaches at Foothill Technology High School in Ventura, Calif., where journalism -- all online -- is being re-introduced after a five-year hiatus. Wantz used Joomla to develop a new online news site incorporating social-networking tools, video, polls, comments, contests and including Ning, Google wikis and Google docs for student peer editing. melissa.wantz@gmail.com / work: 805-289-0023 ext. 2602.
