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 |