Celebrating Podcasts!
International Podcast Day™ is September 30th and is an international celebration of the power of podcasts. The first celebration took place …
Engaging Empathy: Creating Connections by Exploring Art, Literature, History, and Social Justice Issues
Julie Griggs and Heather Hooks, the 2020 NCTE Media Literacy Award winners, were honored at a virtual ceremony in October …
A Reflection on Media Literacy: Questions Students Can Ask
This post was written by NCTE member Jared Huisingh. I recently attended an NCTE Member Gathering on critical media literacy …
Where Civics Meets Literacy: The Digital Democratic Dialogue (3D) Project
This interview with NCTE member Nicole Mirra was developed by writer Trisha Collopy as a companion piece to the article …
Field Notes: Join Us in the Summer Sandbox
While we are always filled with energy for serving our community, this summer has an unusually swift pace. We are …
Alexander Graham Bell’s Inventions
On June 3, 1880, Alexander Graham Bell transmitted the first wireless telephone message on his newly invented photophone from the …
Media Literacy in Today’s Milieu of Mass and Social Media
From the Assembly on Computers in English (ACE) This post was written by NCTE and ACE members J. Patrick …
Films Based on True Stories: Do Your Students Always Believe Them?
This post was written by NCTE member Frank W. Baker. This past year I noticed that more movies than …
Looking Back at the “1984” Macintosh Super Bowl Commercial
The “1984” commercial launched Apple’s Macintosh personal computer in the United States in January, 1984. The 45-second ad, which aired …
#WhatStoryAreYouTelling: Engaging Youth Media in the Classroom
This post was written by NCTE member Keisha L. Green, a member of the NCTE Secondary Section Steering Committee. …