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A Post-Pandemic Wish: Teach Every Child Media Literacy Skills
As we celebrate a year since the pandemic turned our lives upside down and brought us into our homes, one of the many remarkable changes that have taken place has been our increased reliance on the internet. As of March 2020, global internet traffic increased between 15-30 percent within days, fueled by the transformation of …

teaching every child media literacy skills – The Hill
As we mark one year since the pandemic turned our lives upside down and ushered us into our homes, one of the many remarkable changes that has taken place has been our increased reliance on the internet. In March 2020, global Internet traffic increased by 15-30% in a matter of days, fueled by the transformation …

Former CMA Sarah Rosenthal ’18 is heading to Harvard • Communication and Media Arts • Marymount Manhattan College
Rosenthal ’18, a graduate in both Communication, Media Arts and Directing, will soon travel to Cambridge, Mass., To study Learning Design, Innovation and Technology (LDIT) at Harvard‘s Graduate School of Education. The program focuses on innovating educational technologies, harnessing the science of learning, and developing powerful pedagogies to improve learning outcomes. Rosenthal first discovered the …

Spy Hop opens the doors of its new youth media arts center
The building in the Central Ninth district of Salt Lake City includes an auditorium, production facilities, and classrooms. (Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Missy Greis kisses Heather Kahlert during a dedication ceremony for Spy Hop’s new headquarters in the Central Ninth neighborhood of Salt Lake City on Wednesday, April 28, 2021. | April …

Two parallel but disconnected paths: building the bridge between media education and citizenship education
Media education and citizenship education are essential in the digital age, but Gianfranco Polizzi, researcher at the University of Birmingham and Marina Cino Pagliarello, lecturer at UCL, argue that in the UK these are two parallel but disconnected tracks, and that urgent action is needed to bridge the two as part of a more comprehensive …

Amanda Bean joins TBWAMedia Arts Lab as Director of Global Strategy
TBWAMedia Arts Lab, Apple’s dedicated creative agency, has a new global strategic direction. The agency hired Amanda Bean as Director of Global Strategy. In this role, she will be based at TBWAMAL’s Los Angeles headquarters. Bean joins the agency from Anomaly Amsterdam, where she was a partner, director of strategy, leading the planning of Anomaly’s …

TBWA Media Arts Labs appoints Amanda Fève as Global Strategy Director
TBWA Media Arts Lab has appointed Amanda Fève, veterinarian for Anomaly, its new director of global strategy. The appointment is the latest in a string of female executive appointments at agencies in recent days, including TBWA Chiat Day New York’s recent promotion of President Nancy Reyes to CEO last week. Fève leaves Anomaly Amsterdam, where …

Communication and Media Arts Divided into Separate Departments – The Arbiter
As of fall 2021, the Communications and Media Department will split into two separate departments. They will be separated as Department of Communication and Department of Media. The goal behind this change is to improve opportunities, programs and the overall student experience, according to media arts professor Rick Moore. The Department of Communication will focus …

Ozark Media Arts Festival Recognized by Senator John Boozman in Congressional Record
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Nonprofit Provides Professional Media Arts Training to Montana Students
HELENA – An opportunity exists for every teenager in Montana, many of whom may never have heard of, it’s called Maps Media Institute. It is a nonprofit organization located in Hamilton, MT, but its services are statewide. MAPS’s goal is to empower Montana’s next generation through professional media arts education. This is done through education …

Long Island teacher advocates for media literacy in New York schools
HICKSVILLE, NY — A group of educators want all New York State public school students to receive a formal education in an area they believe is highly overlooked and crucial in children’s lives: media literacy . A group called Media Literacy Now is pushing for statewide legislation that will introduce formal education, resources, and professional …