Mediacy with Carol Arcus & Neil Andersen

Neil and Carol - with the help of Paul Levinson - attempt to understand the Trump/Biden personas and the Pro-Trump rallies of the last week through the lens of McLuhan’s “hot” and “cool” media.

Neil, Carol, and Paul Levinson explore how metanarratives have shaped politics in America, and speculate on whether Joe Biden can stem the Tide of Trumpism.

On this night before the US Election, Neil and Carol welcome Paul Levinson back to dissect the American metanarrative. Will 'Reality TV’ triumph? Or Biden's ‘hero against all odds’?

“Neil and Carol continue their conversation with three smart educators - Diana Maliszewski, Chelsea Attwell, and June Lee - about negotiating virtual and face-to-face learning spaces through media literacy education.”

Diana Maliszewski, Chelsea Attwell, and June Lee chat with Neil and Carol about the stress of the ‘new normal’, and how media literacy might help us cope.

Carol and Neil welcome special guest Laurie Townshend to help understand how different audiences negotiated the debating skills of Black, South Asian female vice-presidential candidate, Kamala Harris.

Carol Arcus and Neil Anderson take a look at the recent US Presidential Debate and, in particular, how the media has handled the event. A look ahead to the Vice-Presidential debates.

Following on the previous episode - Unmasking the Mask - Neil and Carol welcome special guest teacher Irene Faiz from Toronto District School Board to share creative classroom ideas for building media literacy and art skills through masks. She offers wonderful examples of how to mobilize key media concepts through analysis, personal response, and engaging production projects such as mask logos, birthday/wedding masks, and masks for a social cause.

Jesse Stommel and Sean Michael Morris are passionate in their work around critical digital pedagogies. Together, they wrote "An Urgency of Teachers: the Work of Critical Digital Pedagogy. Tonight on Mediacy, Jesse and Sean join Carol Arcus and Neil Anderson for a discussion on synchronous and asynchronous learning in our post-COVID learning contexts. Some very powerful messages for anyone tasked with thinking about the future of schools moving forward. Let's get to what is at the heart of good pedagogy in a digital age.

Learn more about Jesse Stommel at https://www.jessestommel.com/
Learn more about Sean Michael Morris at https://www.seanmichaelmorris.com/