Mar 6, 2020 | Newsletter 2020
Message From the Executive Director Yo! I had the privilege to attend the 2020 Camden Conference in Maine a few weeks ago. Moderated by NPR’s David Brancaccio, the theme of this year’s conference was The Media Revolution: Changing the World. One of...
Feb 26, 2020 | Newsletter 2020
Message From the Executive Director We are back!!! Podcasts, to me, are these often intimate experiences that emanate from disembodied voices directly into my ear. I have been investigating podcasts, trying to unmask the reasoning behind their cultural rise. The...
Dec 12, 2019 | Newsletter 2020
Message From the Executive Director Recognition for educational innovation is not easy to come by. I am proud to report that Heather Sinclair, a teacher at Wiscasset Middle School in Maine, was recently recognized by Maine Association of Middle Level Education for her...
Nov 24, 2019 | Newsletter 2020
Message From the Executive Director National Geographic, one of most reputable educational organizations in the world, is moving into Digital Storytelling. I know this because I am lucky enough to be the Writer of these new curriculum-driven modules, each of which...
Nov 3, 2019 | Newsletter 2020
Message From the Executive Director Hello – Recently, I finished re-reading Don DeLillo’s 1991 novel, Mao II. In that novel, the following exchange takes place: “For some time now I’ve had the feeling that novelists and terrorists are playing a...
Oct 19, 2019 | Newsletter 2020
Message From the Executive Director Next week is National Media Literacy Week. In support of assisting schools to embrace curriculum-driven digital storytelling as a vital form of literacy and a persuasive form of assessment -I am offering participation in the annual...
Oct 4, 2019 | Newsletter 2020
Message From the Executive Director Ready for this? The Department of Homeland Security has an ounce of creativity. I swear. Michelle Ciulla Lipkin, the wonderful Executive Director of the National Association for Media Literacy Education (NAMLE), referenced, in a...
Sep 19, 2019 | Newsletter 2020
Message From the Executive Director I believe that Digital Storytelling is more than just a fun way to engage students in curriculum. It’s actually an issue of equity. Training youth to tell substantive digital stories allows them to purposefully participate in...
Sep 13, 2019 | Newsletter 2020
Message From the Executive Director Last week, Innovations in K12 Education published a dialogue between two middle school teachers – one in California and one in Maine – who are using Meridian Stories in their classrooms. Entitled, 5 Reasons to Integrate...
Sep 13, 2019 | Newsletter 2020
Message From the Executive Director We spend every summer creating new Digital Storytelling Challenges for the upcoming school year. I am very happy to announce that we have just posted The Summaries! The Summaries are short descriptions of this year’s...
