[ecrea] CFP Northeast Media Literacy Conference

The Department of Communication at Central Connecticut State University

in conjunction with The National Association for Media Literacy 
Education (NAMLE), The Action Coalition for Media Education (ACME), and 
The Media Education Lab, present

*The 12th Northeast Media Literacy Conference*

*The Past, Present, and Future of Media Literacy Education*

*nmlc.comm.ccsu.edu <http://nmlc.comm.ccsu.edu/>*

*Date:* Saturday, February 4, 2017

*Time:* 8AM-6PM

*Location:* CCSU Student Center, 105 Ella Grasso Blvd, New Britain, CT 06053
*Fee:* Free for Students. $50 for anybody else.

*Registration:* Online Registration <https://goo.gl/forms/38Kut7CyupwUneJJ3>

*Target Audience: *Educators from K-16 including teachers, professors, 
librarians, community members, governmental officials, public agency 
leaders, health officials, and children's advocates.

*Call for Workshops, Papers, Presentations, and Students’ Showcase *

*Due January 9th 2017*

Central Connecticut State University is proud and delighted to announce 
the return of the Northeast Media Literacy Conference. Dr. Thomas 
Goodkind, Professor Emeritus, University of Connecticut founded the 
conference in 2003 supported by the Neag School of Education at UConn. 
The conference served as a vital source of community, advocacy, 
pedagogy, and innovation in the field of media literacy.

In the years since the founding of the conference the centrality of 
media to our individual, social, cultural and civic lives has grown 
exponentially. As media educators, we face constant changes in trends, 
platforms, tools and skills that challenge our approaches to our work in 
this field. We also face challenges from legislatures, school systems, 
corporations, and other institutions that question the value and/or 
relevance of media literacy to contemporary life and education. It seems 
both a necessary and fitting time for us to come together and explore 
the roots of our field and chart its future. Our aim in reviving the 
conference is to provide a forum for the practical, pedagogical, 
critical, and theoretical exploration of a guiding question:  What does 
it mean to be media literate?

We have organized the conference into a series of presentations and 
discussions that encourage a rich exchange between participants who have 
much to teach one another and much to learn from one another. We aim to 
explore the connections among all members of the media literacy 
community. Our colleagues in the community play different roles: they 
are educators, researchers, and activists. Whether we identify with the 
disciplines of communication, educational technology, media studies, 
critical pedagogy, human development, public health, technology studies, 
digital pedagogy, youth media or civic engagement, we are all part of 
one family and community.

We welcome submissions that conform to one of four presentational 
approaches:

  * *Interactive Poster Session*
  * *Research Paper *
  * *Teaching Workshop *
  * *Students’ Showcase*

*Interactive Poster Session*. Students are encouraged to send a proposal 
of their practice or research in progress to be showcased as a poster 
presentation. The session will provide visibility and opportunity for 
the students to interact with experts in the field and receive feedback 
on their work and trajectory.

*Research Paper. *Works in progress, reports, or completed manuscripts 
that use qualitative or quantitative approaches to address theory and 
practice of media literacy. A 15 minute presentation with other scholars 
and a respondent will encourage an academic dialogue of our field.

*Teaching Workshop.* Demonstrations of your practices of teaching media 
literacy in a variety of contexts: K-12, higher education, library, 
museum, after-school, religious education, public health, and social 
service programming. The workshop can be in a 30 minute or 60 minute format.

**

*Students’ Showcase. *Celebrating the practice of media literacy with 
K-12 or undergraduate students as they demonstrate their learning. Bring 
an example of a work product created by a learner and explain the 
rationale for the assignment and the process used to create it, along 
with the approach to assessment that you used. We encourage you to bring 
along your students to hear about their experiences and learning outcomes.

*Proposal Submission - Due Monday, January 9th 2017*

Go to the following link to submit your proposal: Call For Presentations 
<http://nmlc.comm.ccsu.edu/call-for-papers/>

Write your name, email, job title and affiliation and add the three 
following sections:

 1. A 300-word rationale or abstract that describes the purpose of the
    session and the content of your presentation. The abstract will
    appear on the website and the program.
 2. A 200-word description of the way you are planning to engage the
    audience in your presentation.
 3. A list of three to five bullet points of outcomes for the
    participants in your presentation.
For more information please contact Dr. Yonty Friesem at 
(friesem /at/ ccsu.edu) <mailto:(friesem /at/ ccsu.edu)>



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