Mindful media making, and critical viewing to activate whole school media literacy while amplifying your school vision.
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Reflective Media Making Helps a School Leader Shape her Community over 17 years.
Over their 17 year partnership (and counting!) The Academy of Talented Scholars (TAOTS) and The Media Spot developed the practice of student and staff mindful media making as a process for reflection on teaching and learning, and creating…
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Media Literate storytelling & decoding at a new NYC middle school!
The Middle School of Innovation in Brooklyn opened in 2025-2026 with 6th grade, and Principal Eileen Herusso is building media literacy into the fabric of the school from day 1. Students interview each other about year 1 at…
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Students influence history through media making.
4th and 5th Graders at The Belmont School are recording interviews and stories from people in the Belmont Neighborhood of the Bronx. 4th graders interview long standing community members. Students record interviews about the school live at field…
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Family Fridays: Student Short Films on School Culture
A TMS School Vision Production: Students from the PS 130 Youth Equity Congress get behind the camera and ask what family and community means to the folks at a Family Friday cultural event at PS 130 The Parkside…
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Students Advocating for a Healthier Bronx
In this collaboration with The Media Spot, PS 32 and their students are speaking up imagine how to make their community more healthy. These videos, imagined and filmed by students and teachers with facts from Bronx Health Reach…
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Bridging Film with Core High School Curriculum using Media Literacy
Our unique collaboration is focused on leveraging students’ deep interest in film to authentically engage them across all core academic subjects, effectively bridging CTE and academic curricula using media literacy as the connective tissue.
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We work directly with administrators and teachers to introduce, locate, streamline, and extend media literacy in schools.
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By encouraging collaboration, metacognition, and self-reflection throughout our process, we facilitate new opportunities to connect with content, environment, and community while constructing powerful messages.
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We work with schools to strategically design their digital architecture in support of student media literacy development.
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Our clients think critically with us about how to best present their story through virtual tour videos, and affordable, low-maintenance web development software. Together we develop authentic content, then empower schools to take control of the ongoing maintenance of their online presence.
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