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 2022 Media Literacy Teacher Award: Andrea DeGette Voices of the Future: Pranav Karthikeyan | ||||||
12:00pm | Break | ||||||
12:30pm | The Role of Media Literacy in Supporting Student Understanding and Critiquing the World through Mathematics Trena Wilkerson, Seyoung Holte, Dr. Basil Conway, Iesha Smith | Reading the Media K-3 | “Violence is a Men’s Issue”: Teaching Masculinity with MEF’s Tough Guise and Tough Guise 2 Donica O'Malley | 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 | Developing Media Literacy with Teens at the Library Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) Siva Ramakrishnan, Rachel Roseberry, Kelly Czarnecki, Zachary Margolis |
12:50pm | Depth & Complexity: Using Thinking Tools to Analyze Media & Current Events 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 | Building a Media Literacy Scope and Sequence Faith Rogow (she/her) | ||||||
1:10pm | Los Angeles Times coverage of the Sleepy Lagoon Trial and the “Zoot Suit Riots” (1942-43) | #FakeToFora – a curriculum on elections and democracy from a media literacy angle Daniela Machado (she/her), Estevão Zillioli (he/him) | A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks Portfolio Projects | ||||
1:30pm | Break | ||||||
2:00pm | Town Hall Conversation: Erin McNeill, Executive Director Media Literacy Now | Town Hall Conversation: Sameer Hinduja, Co-Director Cyberbullying Research Center | |||||
3:00pm | Break | ||||||
3:30pm | Youth Media Creation: Using social media as an engine to rev up school culture Journalism Education Association (JEA) Veronica Purvis, Erinn Harris, Aaron Manfull, Joe Humphrey | 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
| Habits and Routines: Lessons from Early Childhood Education about Media Literacy as a Foundation for Culturally Responsive Classrooms | Cyber Citizenship Initiative Jimmeka Anderson, Mikayla Brown Nathan Fisk, James Welsh, | Doubling Down on Cross-Curricular Media Literacy National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS), National Council for Teachers of English (NCTE) Lawrence Paska, Emily Kirkpatrick, RaShawna Sydnor |
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), Destiny Warrior | ||||||
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 Dubé, Executive Director, iCivics Dr. Kimberly Moffitt, Moderator 2022 Media Literate Media Award: PBS Media Literacy Educator Certification by KQED | ||||||
5:45pm | Break | ||||||
6:00pm | Futuro Media Alejandra Salazar, Marta Martinez Faiza Asha and Matt Suescun, PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs 2022 Media Literate Media Award Winner: Futuro Media Voices of the Future: Sydney White, Black Girls Film Camp | ||||||