2022 Conference Schedule
All times listed are in Eastern Time (ET).
This schedule is subject to change.
Audience Key
Note: The categories below represent the youngest audience/setting for which the session is recommended. Many sessions have multiple recommended audiences. Check individual session listings in the online conference platform for the full list of recommended audiences
National Media Literacy Alliance | Pre-K– | Upper Elem/ Middle+ | High School+ | Higher Education+ | Out-of-School/ | All/Most |
FRIDAY, JULY 15 | |||||||
11:00am | Opening Keynote Kenneth Shelton | ||||||
12:00pm | Break | ||||||
12:30pm | The Role of Media Literacy in Supporting Student Understanding and Critiquing the World through Mathematics | Reading the Media K-3 | Using Current Events Assignments to Teach Media Literacy in Social Studies Classrooms | Super High- Grade Cultural Appropriation: Using Social Media to Critique Consumer Culture | Media Literacy in US and Brazil: experiences from the capital cities | Building Informed Citizenship Through Lateral Reading in Canada — “CTRL-F: Find the Facts” Curriculum and Study Findings | |
12:50pm | Using a “Share- Compare-Repair” framework to analyze popular media sources in K3 out-of-school time | NexGen News Laura Segre (she/her), Dr. Michelle McGuire (she/her) | Power, Prejudice, and Portrayals in News: Teaching Representation from a Critical News Literacy Perspective | ||||
1:00pm | |||||||
1:10pm | Habits and Routines: Lessons from Early Childhood Education about Media Literacy as a Foundation for Culturally Responsive Classrooms | Los Angeles Times coverage of the Sleepy Lagoon Trial and the “Zoot Suit Riots” (1942-43) | A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks Portfolio Projects | ||||
1:30pm | Break | ||||||
2:00pm | Town Hall Conversation: | Town Hall Conversation: | |||||
3:00pm | Break | ||||||
3:30pm | Youth Media Creation: Using social media as an engine to rev up school culture Journalism Education Association (JEA) | Let's Speak Media Literacy! Nadina Nicolici (she/her/hers) | Learn to Discern in Education – Strategy for Integration of Media Literacy into National Policy and Illustrative Integrated Lesson Plans Maryna Dorosh, (she/her), Diana Ivanna Moshkovska, (she/her), Tetiana Karas, (she/her) | Mapping Media Literacy Programming to Counter Disinformation
| Cyber Citizenship Initiative Jimmeka Anderson Nathan Fisk James Welsh Mikayla Brown | ||
3:50pm | Teaching Digital & Media Literacy in an Era of Modern Day Propaganda Dr. Jennifer L. Parker, Dr. Troy Hicks, Kathryn Grunow | Game Based Learning: Helping Students Build Media Literacy Muscle Memory Dan Choe (he/him) | Global On-Ramp To Media Literacy
| Context Tracing: An Online Scavenger Hunt for Verification Rosa Garza-Mourino, (she/her), Asa Wilder, (he/him) | |||
4:00pm | Supporting Readiness through Vital Civic Empowerment (SRVCE) Curriculum & Professional Learning Wendy Rivenburgh (she/hers) | ||||||
4:10pm | Cyber Civics: Media Literacy for Positive Participation Lessons Soni Albright | #ForYou: A Game About Algorithms Matthew Johnson | Taking it online – EducaMídia’s Media Literacy MOOC for Educators Mariana Ochs (she/her) | Evaluating Online Sources through Lateral Reading: An Introduction (online tutorial) Andrea Baer, Daniel Kipnis | |||
4:30pm | Break | ||||||
5:00pm | Lessons from Leaders: Civic Education Louise Dube Executive Director, iCivics | ||||||
5:45pm | Break | ||||||
6:00pm | Evening Event | ||||||
SATURDAY, JULY 16 | |||||||
11:00am | Lessons from Leaders: Community Education Sarah-SoonLing Blackburn, Ed.D. Associate Director, Learning in Schools Learning for Justice | ||||||
12:00pm | Break | ||||||
12:30pm | Developing Media Literacy with Teens at the Library Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) | Visuals Impact Learning: Tips to make your digital materials easier to comprehend Kelli Lane (she/her) | Digital LAMBOOZLED! Yoo Kyung Chang | Social Media Literacy from a Sociocultural Perspective Christine Wusylko, Dr. Angela Kohnen, Dr. Max Sommer | Media Literacy Assessment: A Comprehensive Landscape Analysis of the Research Literature Lara Azar (she/her/hers), Casey Frechette (he/him/his), Joy Amulya (she/her/hers) | Media Literacy in Entertainment Media: New Perspectives Alexis Romero Walker, Ph.D. (they/them), Tegan Bratcher, Ph.D. (she/her), , Jaz Gray, Ph.D. (she/her), Michele Meyer (she/her), Emma Lynn (she/her) | |
12:50pm | Educator Shifts in Media Literacy: The Journey from Consumer to Producer of Media Dr. Jennifer L. Parker, Kathryn Grunow | Countering the sterilization of English Language Arts curricula: Teaching media literacy through banned books Karla V. Kingsley (she/her/hers), JuliAnna Ávila, Ph.D. (she/her hers) | |||||
1:00pm | Teachers' Perceptions of Fake News and News Literacy: Integrating News Literacy Into the Curriculum Cassandra Jones (she/her) | ||||||
1:10pm | Meme it Up: Harnessing the Power of Memes to Demonstrate Learning Renee Bogacz (she/her) | Lenny who? The role of popular fictional media in teaching media literacy and First Amendment history in higher education. Ashley Grant (she/her), Lyric Mandell (she/her) | |||||
1:30pm | Break | ||||||
2:00pm | Working Group: Core Principles of Media Literacy Education | Working Group: Scaling Media Literacy in Your State | |||||
3:00pm | Break | ||||||
3:30pm | Building community partnerships in support of media literacy certification | Are Questions the Answer? Mike Lawrence | Data Skills for Media Literacy Jocelyn Young, (she/her), Kaspars Ruklis, Philip Davidovich, (he/him/his) | F*** news: banning checklists and complicating student engagement through a media and information literacy lens Spencer Brayton (he/him), Natasha Casey (she/her) | COMM 205 Media Literacy for Diverse Audiences Jayne Cubbage | Building Brave Communities of Participatory Practice Through Remix Theresa Redmond, (she/her) | What the Research Says about Social Group Representation in Educational Materials And Its Implications for Media Literacy Amanda LaTasha Armstrong |
3:50pm | The 56th California Student Media Festival – Steal These Tools for Media Literacy Hall Davidson (he/him), Mike Lawrence, (he/him) | Developing a teacher toolkit: Implementing critical media literacy in educator preparation Jared Huisingh (he/him/his), Ashley Stroud (she/her/hers) | News Literacy – Penn State Sydney L. Forde (she/her/hers) | ||||
4:00pm | Towards a critical race techno-literacy: Fostering Students' Ability to Read, Resist and Revise a Racism in the Digital Tiera Chante Tanksley | Integrating Media Literacy into Undergraduate Core Courses Christen Embry (she/her/hers) | |||||
4:10pm | Get Info Lit! Lindsay Downs (she/her) | Fundamentals of Multimedia Creation Course Design Bridget Haina (she/her/hers) | Examining Wartime Propaganda Renee Hobbs | ||||
4:30pm | Break | ||||||
5:00pm | Lessons from Leaders: Media Arts Standards Dain Olsen, Co-Chair National Coalition for Core Arts Standards | ||||||
5:45pm | Break | ||||||
6:00pm | Evening Event | ||||||
SUNDAY, JULY 17 | |||||||
11:00am | Lessons from Leaders: Educational Technology Kristina Ishmael, Deputy Director Office of Educational Technology Department of Education | ||||||
12:00pm | Break | ||||||
12:30pm | Centering youth voice in justice-oriented media literacy National Writing Project (NWP) | Three Brilliant Educators Take You on Their Media Literacy Curriculum Ride Vic Pasquantonio, Andrea DeGette | My Media Consumption Activity and Tips to Deal with Information Overload Stanley Currier (he/him), Sabine Berzina (she/her) | Media Literacy, Storytelling and Change: Exploring Identity and Media Literacy with POV Films Sarah Schroeder (she/her), Dr. Nancy Jennings, Debbie Brewer (she/her) | Decolonizing Media Literacy: Understanding the Influence of Social and Cultural Values Across the Globe Nisha Sridharan (she/her/hers), Kristy Roschke (she/her/hers), Dawn Gilpin (she/her/hers) | Media Literacy Policy Enactment and Implementation: A Case Study of Washington State Tessa Jolls (she), Barbara J. Walkosz (she), Marilyn Cohen (she), Michael Danielson (he/him/his) | Building a Media Literate World Through Pre-service Teacher Training in Media Literacy Education Jessica Harvey (she/her), Tracy McNelly (she/her) |
12:50pm | Saving Lives: Improving Media and Health Literacy Caroline Fitzpatrick (she/her), Maria Rankin-Brown (she/her) | Podcasting in the High School English Curriculum Jodi Hwang (she/her) | |||||
1:00pm | PBS Media Literacy Educator Certification by KQED Rik Panganiban | Leveling Up to Make An Impact: A Public Museum Media Literacy Exhibition Sue Ellen Christian (she/her/hers), Brianne Pitts (she/her/hers), Katie Murdock (she/her/hers), William (Bill) McElhone | Socially shared inquiry with media and information literacy teachers: gaps and ways forward Madelyn Garcia (she/her) | “I forgot tech isn’t neutral” : Navigating bias in digital spaces and online searches Amanda LaTasha Armstrong | |||
1:10pm | A Posthuman Approach to Media Literacy Richard S. Lewis (he/him) | Whose story, Our story: Personal Storytelling in the Art Room and Media Literacy Meghan Hipple (she/her/hers) | |||||
1:30pm | Break | ||||||
2:00pm | Plenary | ||||||
3:00pm | Break | ||||||
3:30pm | Snapshots and Insights: Media Literacy in Action in Early Childhood National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) | Each One Teach One (Curriculum) Cynthia Sandler (she/her/hers) | Truth Check E-Learning Course & Live Training LaTroya Hester (she/her/hers), Iman Byfield (she/her/hers) | #FakeToFora – a curriculum on elections and democracy from a media literacy angle Daniela Machado (she/her), Estevão Zillioli (he/him) | The Media Industry's View of Media Literacy Kelly Leahy, Ed.D. (she/her) | Making the Grade: Measuring Media Literacy Implementation Statewide Mary Moen (she/her), Rongwei Tang, Pam Steager, Renee Hobbs | |
3:50pm | Curiosity and Media: 10 Questions to Build a Media Literate Lens to View Information Through Bridget Haina (she/her/hers) | Media Literacy and Civic Agency Activities Daniel E. Vargas Campos (he/him/his) | |||||
4:00pm | Artificial Intelligence (AI) & Computational Thinking Skills in Media Education MELDA YILDIZ | Transnational Information Literacies: Chinese International Students' online information-seeking experiences | |||||
4:10pm | Logic Checking the News Jonathan Haber | Learning Games Lab Toolkit Amanda LaTasha Armstrong, Barbara Chamberlin, Amy Chacon | |||||
4:30pm | Break | ||||||
5:00pm | Closing Event Black Girls Film Camp Jimmeka Anderson | ||||||