This is our final e-bulletin before the launch of Media Literacy Week on November 2. We look forward to following all the activities happening across the country over the coming days!
In this issue...
Featured events | Featured educators and youth
Media literacy in action...
Featured events
While Media Literacy Week is quickly approaching there is still time to get involved in an event in your community. Here is how the National Film Board will be marking the week in Toronto and an opportunity to view a streaming video of a media panel being held in Ottawa:
Filmmaker-in-Residence Workshop
On November 6, Katerina Cizek, creative producer of the National Film Board’s Filmmaker-in-Residence program, will lead a workshop that brings together members of the public, educators and health-care specialists to examine how digital storytelling can work as a tool for social action. The workshop will take place at National Film Board – Mediatheque in Toronto.
More info: Filmmaker-in-Residence Workshop
News Gathering in the Digital Age
At 10:30 a.m. EST on November 2, Media Awareness Network, the Canadian Teachers’ Federation and Encounters with Canada, a program of the Historica-Dominion Institute, are hosting a media panel on the impact of digital media on journalism and news gathering in the 21st century. Panellists include Andrew Cohen, award-winning journalist, best-selling author and President of the Historica-Dominion Institute; Scott Rubin, head of policy communications at YouTube; Roger Dubois, video-journalist with CBC.ca; and Althia Raj, National Bureau reporter for Sun Media.
Video of the event will be streaming live on the Media Literacy Week Web site and MNet’s media education specialists will be tweeting from the event.
To locate Media Literacy Week events in your region, visit the Events Calendar.
Featured educators and youth
This week our featured educators are Nathan Toft and Jane Smith from Ottawa and Carl Hofbauer and Lian Anson from the BC Student Film Festival.
 For the past three years, Nathan Toft and Jane Smith have been helping their Grade 5 students in the west end of Ottawa, Ontario, to produce a regular podcast called Portable Radio. The podcast allows the students to showcase their interests, their projects and the work they do in their classrooms. In addition, they occasionally create a shorter podcast called Portable Radio Point of View which challenges the students to form opinions on current events and justify their points of view on-air. Portable Radio Point of View is a regular feature on the local CBC Radio morning show Ottawa Morning and was awarded the Kidcast Award for Point of View programming.
Click here to read more about the project.
 
Carl Hofbauer and Lian Anson, along with a group of BC media teachers, organize the annual BC Student Film Festival (BCSFF), which recognizes exceptional student filmmakers in British Columbia. Students at the elementary, secondary and post-secondary levels can submit their entries to the festival. The films are judged by industry professionals, according to age and category, and every young filmmaker receives written feedback. The award-winning films are screened at the festival where the awards are presented.
Click here to read more about the project.
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