Teachers invited to Oct. 23-25 "Rebooting the News" summit in Philadelphia

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AN INVITATION . . . to affirm the role of news in the classroom
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The Media Giraffe Project at UMass Amherst, the Media Education Laboratory at Temple University and other collaborators invite you to to Philadelphia for some or all of Oct. 23-25 for a short, strategic convening of journalists, teachers, educational administrators, public policy researchers and engaged citizens. The topic: News literacy.

"Come for just the day on Saturday if you can't get away from your weekly schedule," says Bill Densmore, of the Media Giraffe Project, an event co-organizer. "Think of this as an ad-hoc constitutional convention on an aspect of media education -- in the shadow of Independence Hall and the Liberty Bell. Forget about panels and audience. Surrounded by some introductory background briefings, we'll roll up our sleeves with circle-round agenda sessions, ad-hoc breakouts and stories about specific projects and approaches."

* Share classroom and newsroom experiences that are working.

* Learn how to promote active, reflective and critical participation in news/current events.

* Create fertile ground for discussion among journalists and teachers feeding into major 2009 news-literacy initiatives.

* Formulate specific advice to the U.S. presidential candidates on American civic education for the new century.

For details, go to:

INVITATION:
http://www.mediagiraffe.org/reboot.html

EVENT HOMEPAGE:
http://www.rebootingthenews.org

REGISTRATION:
https://www.123signup.com/event?id=trggj