N.A.M.E. National Association of Media Educators

Excellent explanation of how bias functions through very small edits. Great resource for @NzName teachers!

“This is addictive!” - educator response at the @DunedinFINS #twine #InteractiveStorytelling Workshop for the 2023 @NzName Media Educators Conference

Wishing all #mediastudies teachers in Aotearoa the best for 2023, and hoping all teachers in Tāmaki Makaurau are safe from the flooding. Kia kaha everyone.

@dick_numbers It’s not an either / or situation. Why not both?

Or: tackle truancy and focus on literacy, numeracy and the sciences. Because NZ education system is failing badly in each of those rn

And yet, Media Studies unceremoniously dropped from the list of level 1 NCEA subjects.

'The Shining' (1980) | ‘Doctor Sleep' (2019)

A first of its kind campaign is being launched today that will help voters in local body elections identify conspiracy theorists and extremists. rnz.co.nz/news/political…

NAME is incredibly saddened to hear of the death of Geoff Lealand, a hugely influential and supportive figure in the Media Studies community. Much love to his partner Jo and the rest of the whanau.

Here's our amazing co-director @catetipler making the case for a voting age of 16 on @NewshubNationNZ yesterday!

@Ajkiwi @Jamienzherald The fact the minister for Covid response was actively talking about countering misinformation whilst *also* presiding over an NCEA review that killed L1 Media Studies is mid boggling

@Jamienzherald Could be worth following up with the Media Studies teachers' association @NzName for what schools are actually able to do - given that this is clearly a massive need, it seems a weird time for the Govt to be removing Media Studies from NCEA level 1 in schools!

Is teaching kids critical thinking & science literacy the answer (or part of it) to the infodemic? Interview with MoE’s chief education science advisor Prof. Stuart McNaughton here (premium) nzherald.co.nz/nz/can-we-inoc…

Surprisingly, I'm bored with Superheroes. Are there any superhero stories other than: * origin of a god * god loses powers; regains powers through discovering their humanity * god saves world by punching other god?

Put metaphorically: how do we get students to have an appetite for something they don’t actually seem to have a taste for, but that they ordered? 😝😂

Media Studies teachers, is this a problem in your classrooms?

A reminder that teachers can have immense influence. Had a chat today to a graduating high school student about his next steps. We laughed and commiserated about a tough year, and I congratulated him about getting his first job at a nursery. Then he looked me in the eye... 1/

Fascinating article about how “the kids” use computers and different it is to how “we” do. theverge.com/22684730/stude…

We are pleased to hear that teachers and school staff have been granted priority access to vaccinations. This recognises the mahi schools are doing to keep students safe and learning at all COVID Alert Levels.

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