The Media Literacy Week 2009 Bulletin is delivered to your inbox each Friday, from now until Media Literacy Week (November 2-6). For those who subscribe to MNet News, this will replace the Friday edition.
This informative e-bulletin features the latest news and announcements about the week and ideas on how you can get involved.
In this issue...
Sponsorship | Featured events
Featured educators and youth
Sponsorship…
Media Awareness Network (MNet) and the Canadian Teachers’ Federation are proud to announce that YouTube is a Gold Sponsor for Media Literacy Week 2009. YouTube’s involvement and generous support speaks to the importance of this year’s theme – Media Literacy in the Digital Age – and the many different literacy skills needed by young people as they work, play, create and communicate through digital media.
For information on becoming a sponsor, contact MNet.
Media literacy in action...
Featured events
This year a wide range of events are taking place across the country to mark the week, including an intergenerational dialogue between students and veterans in the community of South Shore, Nova Scotia and professional development workshops for teachers in the English Montreal School Board in Montreal, Quebec.
Time to Remember - Time to Envision
From November 2-6, several organizations from South Shore are collaborating to offer students a multimedia program including a screening of locally produced video vignettes of WWII veterans and a Q&A session with veterans from the community about the impact of war on our lives. Students will then be asked to reflect on the experience in class and share their interpretations on a community Web site.
Contact: Tim Reeves-Horton
Professional Development in ICT
On November 6, the English Montreal School Board is hosting a professional development day related to Information and Communication Technologies for teachers and school administrators in Region 2 of the school board. English and French workshops offered will deal with topics such as ICT integration and pedagogy, media literacy, information literacy, Internet safety and the use of interactive whiteboards.
Contact: Maureen Baron
To locate Media Literacy Week events in your region, visit the Events Calendar.
Featured educators and youth
Educators and youth from across the country are creating innovative media literacy projects every day. One of these educators is Frances MacKinnon, Producer for the Discovery Channel in Toronto, Ontario.
Frances is the founder of Youth Films International (YFI), a volunteer-run series of documentary workshops that provides students with real life documentary-making experience from concept to screening. The free YFI workshops foster a fun, no-experience-required atmosphere, where students get hands-on help from top industry professionals.
Click here to read more about the project.
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