NAMLE Conference 2009

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It was a pleasure to meet Liz Thoman, who is this year's recipient of NAMLE's Meritorious Service Award. Liz is a leading pioneer in the field of media literacy education for more than 30 years. She is a founder of the Center for Media Literacy in Los Angeles. As a leading voice for media literacy in the US, Thoman has testified before Congress, attended White House conferences, keynoted numerous conventions and been interviewed extensively by the press.[learn more] 

The National Association of Media Literacy Education (NAMLE) Conference was held August 1-4 in Detroit, Michigan. It was chock full of scholars and practitioners exploring the pedagogy of media literacy education. President Sheri Hope Culver gave an inspiring and motivating keynote reminding us all to put the education in MLE. Other fabulous keynote speakers included Sonia Livingstone ("media literacy rockstar") from the London School of Economics & Chris Perry ("king of media literacy") from Project Look Sharp. Renee Hobbs ("queen of media literacy") from the Media Education Lab @ Temple University and and Amy Petersen Jensen ("goddess of media literacy") from Brigham Young University debuted the new Journal of Media Literacy Education. Check out Vanessa Domine's article (Social History of Media, Technology and Schooling) as well as her conference session (Social Networking in the Classroom: Bridging Media and Technology Literacies)