SHEG Civic Online Reasoning Webinar

Monday, October 26
4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. ET

SPEAKER INFO


Joel Breakstone

Director

Stanford History Education Group

Joel Breakstone is the director of the Stanford History Education Group (SHEG). He leads SHEG’s efforts to research, develop, and disseminate free curriculum and assessments. In recent years, their work has focused on how young people evaluate online information. SHEG’s research has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Washington Post, and TIME Magazine. An evaluation study showed that SHEG’s Civic Online Reasoning curriculum helps students become more discerning consumers of digital content. The curriculum is available for free at cor.stanford.edu. Before completing his Ph.D. at the Stanford Graduate School of Education, Joel taught high school history in Vermont.

Kelly Glasscock

Executive Director

Journalism Education Association

Kelly Glasscock, CJE, is executive director of the Journalism Education Association and assistant professor in the A.Q. Miller School of Journalism and Mass Communications at Kansas State University. He teaches photojournalism and Mass Communication in Society in the journalism sequence in the Miller School. He also has worked as a professional photojournalist with work appearing in Sports Illustrated, Time magazine and USA Today.

Michelle Ciulla Lipkin

Executive Director

National Association for Media Literacy Education

Michelle Ciulla Lipkin is the Executive Director of the National Association for Media Literacy Education. As Executive Director, Michelle has helped NAMLE grow to be the preeminent media literacy education association in the U.S. She launched the first ever Media Literacy Week in the U.S., developed strategic partnerships with companies such as Trend Micro, Nickelodeon, and Twitter, and restructured both the governance and membership of the organization. Since she began her tenure as Executive Director, NAMLE has grown from 300 members to almost 6,000. She has overseen four national conferences and done countless appearances at conferences and in the media regarding the importance of media literacy education.

ABOUT THIS EVENT


In this webinar participants will learn about SHEG’s “Civic Online Reasoning” curriculum, which provides free lessons and assessments that help teach students to evaluate online information that affects them, their communities, and the world. This event is hosted by the National Association for Media Literacy Education (NAMLE), Stanford History Education Group, and the Journalism Education Association.

The Stanford History Education Group (SHEG) is an award-winning research and development group that comprises Stanford faculty, staff, graduate students, post-docs, and visiting scholars. SHEG seeks to improve education by conducting research, working with school districts, and reaching directly into classrooms with free materials for teachers and students.

The Journalism Education Association (JEA) supports free and responsible scholastic journalism by providing resources and educational opportunities, by promoting professionalism, by encouraging and rewarding student excellence and teacher achievement, and by fostering an atmosphere which encompasses diversity yet builds unity.

The National Association for Media Literacy Education (NAMLE) is a professional association for educators, academics, activists, and students with a passion for understanding how the media we use and create affect our lives and the lives of others in our communities and in the world. The NAMLE vision is to help individuals of all ages develop the habits of inquiry and skills of expression that they need to be critical thinkers, effective communicators and active citizens in today’s world.