BOARD VOTE TO APPROVE NAME CHANGE!
The Board of AMLA recently voted to officially change the name of the organization to the National Association for Media Literacy Education.
The Board appreciates the time that many members took to provide comments during the feedback period. The feedback was extremely helpful to the Board in making a final decision. Special thanks to the members of the Name Change/Review Committee; Brian Primack, Renee Cherow O'Leary, Robert Kubey, Cyndy Scheibe, Lynda Bergsma and Sherri Hope Culver.
Next comes the implementation phase. Official notice of the “change-over” date will be sent to members soon. Stay tuned for updates and information.
Thank you for your interest in this important growth moment for media literacy education!
KELLY MENDOZA WINS RESEARCH AWARD
AMLA Graduate Caucus member Kelly Mendoza has been selected to receive Cable in the Classroom's Media Smart Research Award for her paper "Mapping Parental Mediation and Making Connections with Media Literacy." The paper reviews recent literature on the role parents play in their children's media literacy education.
Kelly is Ph.D student at Temple University's Mass Media and Communication program. Other notable achievements include work on online media literacy game projects and media workshops for tweens and parents.
You can read "Mapping Parental Mediation and Making Connections with Media Literacy" online.
The Media Smart Research Award is given annually to emerging media literacy scholars. Last year's winner was AMLA member Mary Carney for her paper "Using Media Literacy Education for Health Promotion." For More information on CIC's Media Smart Awards visit ciconline.
AMLA INVITED TO SUBMIT IDEAS FOR WORLD SUMMIT PROGRAM
AMLA member, Per Lundgren, has been named Director for the World Summit on Media for Children and Youth to take place in Karlstad, Sweden in 2010. He has invited AMLA President, Lynda Bergsma to serve on the Summit Advisory Reference Group and has invited the AMLA to provide suggestions for the conference program. From April 1 through May 25, all AMLA members have the opportunity to submit ideas as follows:
A contribution may range from suggesting one topic, to several topics, activities and names involving your own organization or network. Program ideas from AMLA members will be coordinated through Lynda Bergsma, who has the logon capacity to upload ideas to the Summit Website. So please send all your ideas by email to lyndabergsma@gmail.com.
This is your chance to make sure many important topics in the field of media literacy education for children and youth are considered for inclusion in the Summit program.
Here's how the World Summit 2010 is being described:
"Putting children's well-being at the heart of the media agenda, and media at the heart of children´s agenda. A world conference with opportunities for networking, debate, challenge, interactivity, and workshops to share perspective, experience and expertise."
For more information on the visions for the 2010 Summit, a video and downloadable visions flyer are available at www.wskarlstad2010.se.
GROUNDBREAKING THREE-YEAR STUDY PROVES QUANTIFIABLE BENEFITS OF MEDIA LITERACY EDUCATION
The Alliance for a Media Literate America and Just Think announce Conclusive Data of Significant Increases in Core Academic Skills after implementation of media literacy education programs. Read the press release at Just Think's website or read all about the MEAL project on the AMLA site and check out the numerous resources for media literacy educators.
Every day, members of the AMLA - both individuals and organizations - are hard at work, advancing the cause of media literacy education in the U.S. and around the world. We are proud to share news coverage of their efforts. If you have a press clipping about an AMLA member, please send it to info@amlainfo.org
