Lorem Ipsum on a Historical Plaque
A historical plaque displaying the infamous dummy text “Lorem Ipsum” on a wall at the Castle of Salgar in Puerto Colombia, near Barranquilla, was re...
Tag: literacy
“Educomunicacion”: The Media Education (and literacy) Approach from Latin America
For several years I was unaware of “educomunicacion” (in Spanish), a rich tradition and diverse movement of media literacy education that originated...
Creating transparency and trust: Best Practices (Digital Literacy Toolkit)
Building a diverse network of collaborators composed by experts across disciplines has been key for creating transparency and trust. It has allowed us to access...
Tools for Supporting Digital Citizenship and Digital Literacy
Digital citizenship and digital literacy are intrinsically related. Both concepts complement each other and are essential to understanding issues of social incl...
Towards a Broad and Inclusive Definition of Media Literacy
Media literacy definitions have been in flux during the 20th century. Scholars, policy makers, educators, and activists from Europe, Australia, and North Americ...
Got Literacy?
“Literacy” is one of the English language words that has become more contested and opaque due to its spawning across diverse fields. Attached to dif...
Situating the NML skills in SCRATCH
Last July I attended to the SCRATCH@MIT conference that took place at the MIT Media Lab in Cambridge, Massachusetts. People from all over the world met during t...