NWP Radio

Fake News has been described as a type of propaganda that consists of misinformation, disinformation or hoaxes spread via traditional print and broadcast news media or online social media. We have seen this moniker rise to the national level of discussion around media and information literacy education, and critical thinking. This webinar addresses how the term fake news is being used in popular lexicon. Panelists share their perspectives on what further conceptualization and actions are needed for educators to successfully navigate today’s evolving media climate, with a view towards developing modes of instruction for addressing mis- and dis-information campaigns in the media, and cultivating our students’ greater media discernment.

Join Nicole Mirra and Antero Garcia for a conversation about their recent article, “Civic Participation Reimagined: Youth Interrogation and Innovation in the Multimodal Public Sphere,” in which they discuss connected teaching, Youth Participatory Action Research (YPAR), and visions for the future of democracy. They are joined by the co-founders of Marginal Syllabus, Remi Kalir and Joe Dillon, for a discussion of the text, which is the featured article this month for Writing Our Civic Futures, which explores a range of scholarship on civic engagement and supports their web annotation at Educator Innovator.

In this “make-with-me” episode, NAMLE’s Jaclyn Siegel and Caitlin Barry will provide examples of media literacy activities that can be implemented in History and English classrooms, grades 6-12. They will cover activities relating to news media, social media, stereotypes in the media, and video production. Viewers will receive lesson activity examples and resources to use in their own classroom!

With a small twist of fate, any hero could become a villain, and any villain, a hero. That was the premise of 2016’s Twist Fate Challenge, a month-long challenge for youth ages 13-17 that kicked off during last year’s Teen Tech Week. A collaborative partnership between DeviantArt and Wattpad with the Young Adult Library Association and the National Writing Project as part of the Connected Learning Alliance, the challenge prompted youth to pick a story and character, and create an alternate scenario where a famous hero is the villain, or an infamous villain, the hero. They worked in their favorite modes and mediums, including pictures, written stories, comic panels, illustrations, etc.

Now finalists’ work is included in a published book! The Twist Fate book contains contributions from 60 deviants and 40 more from Wattpad chosen from thousands of participants. In this conversation, members of the editorial team will discuss their experiences engaging with youth submissions in such a wide range of genres and describe some of their favorites. They’ll also talk about how the competition supported connected learning and creativity.

In this conversation, we use storytelling and discussion to explore the ways in which making can excite and empower traditionally underserved populations. We hope to show what equity-minded maker education looks like in action, and provide guidance for educators looking for ways to authentically engage all members of their community through making.

Creating and starting a makerspace is an exciting venture; you build a team and purchase new equipment. There are a lot of resources (people and articles) that describe how emergent makerspaces can get off the ground. Once your makerspace has been open for a few years, you begin to experience challenges that are distinctly different from those start-up challenges, and there are very few, if any, resources that describe what this new, “post-emergent” phase entails. Three labs in the YOUmedia Learning Labs Network will lead you through a workshop where they present and talk through a framework that supports makerspaces in thinking through what this phase involves, and how to not be caught off guard by those challenges.

For this conversation, we are joined by Kira Baker Doyle, author of the new book, Transformative Teachers: Teacher Leadership and Learning in a Connected World, which follows civic-minded educators who are using twenty-first-century participatory practices and connected technologies to organize change from the ground up. In this 3-part series, we explore what it means to be a transformative teacher, along with how and why educators are instrumental in the creation of a more just and equitable future.

For this conversation, we are joined by Kira Baker Doyle, author of the new book, Transformative Teachers: Teacher Leadership and Learning in a Connected World, which follows civic-minded educators who are using twenty-first-century participatory practices and connected technologies to organize change from the ground up. This is the 2nd episode in a 3-part series, where we explore what it means to be a transformative teacher, along with how and why educators are instrumental in the creation of a more just and equitable future.

Summer is a lovely time to reflect on the past school year and (after a lengthy break) start thinking about the Fall. Making lasting changes to practice and systems is one of the toughest goals to reach. In order to tackle those challenges, questions are a lovely place to start, and inquiry is one of the best tools. Join Diana Laufenberg and friends/colleagues to discuss the questions posed by James Ryan in Wait, What? as a frame to think about changes in your schools and classrooms.

For this conversation, we are joined by Kira Baker Doyle, author of the new book, Transformative Teachers: Teacher Leadership and Learning in a Connected World, which follows civic-minded educators who are using twenty-first-century participatory practices and connected technologies to organize change from the ground up. In this 3-part series, we explore what it means to be a transformative teacher, along with how and why educators are instrumental in the creation of a more just and equitable future.