SPOTLIGHT
Media literacy advocates across Washington are celebrating a major milestone! Our state’s newly revised English Language Arts standards now include an entirely new domain entitled Research and Media Literacy. While the Common Core standards have long referenced “media,” Washington’s revision elevates media literacy to an instructional priority.
Read the Initial Learning Standards for English Language Arts.
AME Launches Media Literacy Champion Initiative
The new Media Literacy Champion Initiative will recognize Washington educators and community leaders who are advancing media literacy in powerful and innovative ways.
Senator Marko Liias is at the top of our list of champions! Since 2016, under Senator Liias’s leadership, Washington has emerged as a national leader in passing groundbreaking media literacy legislation.
For the full interview, go here.
PICTURE BOOK BROCHURE
Here’s a new AME resource for teaching media literacy through picture books created by board members Deborah Fournier and Shawn Sheller and team members Abigail Levin, LeAnn Miller and Megan Barnes. Click the image above to access the brochure!
TEEN VOICES
Teens have several thoughts and ideas to share with us when talking about the importance of becoming media literate. Here are some posters created by Michael Danielson’s students at Seattle Preparatory School. Michael is AME’s Chairperson
