This week I will be attending the Action Coalition for Media Education conference on April 7 at the Boston Park Plaza Hotel.
Media literacy education conference, Boston
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I'd be interested in this: what NEW media literacy curricula are being unveiled or promoted?
Thanks for the feedback, Frank. I do know that Media Power Youth, of New Hampshire, will be there talking about their new health-based curriculum. mediapoweryouth.orgI'll let you know what else I find out.
Another curriculum presented at the conference was this one from Take the Challenge Take Chargehttp://www.takethechallengenow.net/lessons.htmlThis one is more about reducing screen time. There are lesson plans here that can be downloaded.