It’s National Media Literacy Week! A week designed to bring attention and visibility to media literacy education in the United States.
Below you will find a schedule and a list of programming highlights. Throughout the week in the Nancy Lincoln Gallery, see projects of students from varied disciplines that demonstrate their use of Media Literacy skills inside the classroom.
Monday, November 2: Technology for Social Change workshop
11:30 a.m. -12:55 p.m., Rogers Room
6th grade Humanities classes will participate in this Hiatt Center workshop, facilitated by Amit Nir ’16 and Devin Lewtan ’16.
Tuesday, November 3: Upper School Meeting presentation on Media Literacy
10:05 -10:35 a.m., Bradley Hall
Ms. Patel’s Media & Message class presents their take on media literacy
Wednesday, November 4: First Annual Beaver Film Festival screenings
Hosted Javon Taylor ’17, Eliot Tower ’16, Corinne Downey ’18, and Malena Horne ’18. Watch Middle School and Upper School student’s films, followed by Q&A session at the end.
11:45 a.m. -12:15 p.m., Rogers Room – lunch provided: Screening for Middle School
12:15 -1:15 p.m., Rogers Room – lunch provided: Screening for Upper School
Thursday, Nov 5: News Media & Journalism Panel Discussion at All School Meeting
10:05 -10:35 a.m., Gym A
A panel discussion with Dan Kennedy, Professor of New Media & Journalism from Northeastern University; Jenna Wolf, former reporter for the Boston Herald and current Director of Research and Technology at Beaver; Jessica Ainooson, a senior at Beaver who is an Editor of Beaver Reader, and Oliver Trejo from the Middle School. The panel moderators will be Lila O’Neil ’20 and Max Reisner ’19.