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K-12 Curriculum Development Presentations & Notes

K-5 Schoolwide Workshop on Media Literacy Alignment

Each grade team at PS 682 (K-5, Brooklyn) worked backward from the TMS Media Literacy Target Profile for their graduating 5th graders, by aligning and coordinating all media related practices towards that end.

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Higher Ed Teaching K-12 Curriculum Development Presentations & Notes

Keynote at URI Summer Institute

Slide deck and video (courtesy of Renee Hobbs) of The Media Spot’s keynote address and live media production exercise at the University of Rhode Island (URI) Summer Institute in Digital Literacy.

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TMS at Northeast Media Literacy Conference (Presentation Slides)

Rhys presented his latest take-aways from the K-12 media literacy world to the Northeast Media Literacy Conference crowd.

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K-12 Curriculum Development Presentations & Notes

TMS at NYCDOE G&T Conference: Enrichment for All

Rhys Daunic and Emily Bailin of The Media Spot ran the following workshop for teachers and adminstrators at the NYCDOE Enrichment for All Conference June 7, 2016 at the Brooklyn Marriott.

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Announcing Emily Bailin!

We are excited to announce that Emily Bailin has joined The Media Spot!

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Rhys Daunic receives 2015 NAMLE Volunteer Award

Rhys was recognized for six years of service on the Board of Directors for the National Association for Media Literacy Education (NAMLE) at the 2015 NAMLE Conference in June.

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K-12 Curriculum Development Presentations & Notes

TMS Media Literacy Exchange #1.

Media literacy curriculum planners will gather from nine New York City Schools, led by Rhys Daunic and Kwaku Aning from The Media Spot, with support from Renee Hobbs and Jonathan Friesem from the University of Rhode Island’s Media Education Lab.

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#WorldWaterDay Interview with the UN Deputy Secretary-General

Rhys Daunic, of The Media Spot, interviewed the United Nations Deputy Secretary-General, Jan Eliasson, for a film segment that will kick-off upcoming international events related to World Water Day 2015 events.  

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TMS leads webinar for PBS Learning Media

On September 30, 2014 Rhys Daunic will represent The Media Spot, and NAMLE by leading a webinar on digital literacy for the 2014 PBS LearningMedia Digital Innovators.  

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Higher Ed Teaching Presentations & Notes

Renee Hobbs & Rhys Daunic Keynote on Whole School Media Literacy.

Rhys Daunic of The Media Spot gave a keynote address at the 2014 Summer Institute of Digital Literacy with his longtime media literacy mentor, Renee Hobbs. Their talk walked the crowd of K-16 educators and researchers through various definitions of digital literacy, and how those are at play in schools developing curricula infused with digital and media literacy […]