“I have so much other stuff I have to teach, I just can’t fitin anything else.” – Schiebe and Rogow (2012) According to Singer (2019) educators “work for a ridiculous amount of hours per day. You lose time with family, children and friends. And no matter how hard you work, you’re given next to noContinue reading “Why aren’t more educators doing media literacy education?”

“With filtered selfies, I was sending the message that to be accepted, loved and respected we need to rely on the distorted reality and values that the consumer society has passed on us.” – Leslie Coutterand Have you ever been waiting on a friend somewhere and because you wanted to avoid awkward eye contact orContinue reading “Social Media Addiction”

Be yourself; Everyone else is already taken. — Oscar Wilde. It is the responsibility of both, parents and educators to teach digital and media literacy skills. Students are introduced to media very early in their youth, in fact I have seen them introduced as early as three years old. Televisions, I-pads, I-pods, apple watches, I-phones,Continue reading “Digital Media Literacy”