Saturday

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
Elementary+

Upper Elem/

Middle+

High School+

Higher Education+

Out-of-School/
Continuing Ed

All/Most

SATURDAY, JULY 16

11:00am

Lessons from Leaders: Community Education

Sarah-SoonLing Blackburn, Ed.D., Associate Director, Learning in Schools, Learning for Justice

Dr. Stephanie Flores-Koulish, Moderator

2022 Media Literacy Community Award: Pamela Steager

Voices of the Future: Isaac Harte, MediaWise

12:00pm

Break

12:30pm

How Integrating Original Sources in Science Classrooms Supports Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

National Science Teachers of America (NSTA)

Elizabeth Allen, Lori Chen, Liz Martinez, Joseph Pizzo, Guida Faria

Digital LAMBOOZLED!

Yoo Kyung Chang, Lisa Lei, Monica Meng

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

Kristy Roschke, Megan Fromm, Bobbie Eisenstock

Working Group:

Scaling Media Literacy in Your State

Yonty Freisman and Michael A. Spikes (IL), Marilyn Cohen (WA), Jimmeka Anderson (NC), Chris Sperry (NY)

3:00pm

Break

3:30pm

Bring a competency- based media literacy certification from PBS to your community

PBS Education

Kristin Lehner, Will Tolliver, Jackie Stapleton- Durham, Kari Wardle, Rik Panganiban 

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)

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

Integrating Media Literacy into Undergraduate Core Courses

Christen Embry (she/her/hers)

4:10pm

Examining Wartime Propaganda

Renee Hobbs

Get Info Lit!

Lindsay Downs (she/her)

Fundamentals of Multimedia Creation Course Design

Bridget Haina (she/her/hers)

4:30pm

Break

5:00pm

Lessons from Leaders: Media Arts Standards

Dain Olsen, Co-Chair, Media Arts Committee, National Coalition for Core Arts Standards

Michelle Ciulla Lipkin, Moderator

2022 Media Literacy Researcher Award: Benjamin Thevenin

5:45pm

Break

6:00pm

15 Minutes of Shame

2022 Media Literate Media Award Winner

Monica Lewinsky, Max Joseph, Taylor Dumpson, Dr. Safiya Noble