I am passionate about working with educators, students, parents, policy makers and industry leaders to bring media literacy to life.
Through engaging, research-based workshops and speaking engagements, I challenge audiences to think critically about digital media and empower them to become confident leaders in the digital world.
Sample Audiences and Topics
Let’s work together to create a customized workshop or speaking engagement tailored to your school or organization. From engaging one-hour sessions to immersive multi-day workshops, programs can be designed around your goals, audience, and needs.
Teachers
Teaching critical thinking about media and technology: Media Literacy 101
Beyond digital wellness: Developing adolescents’ critical thinking and healthy decision-making skills
Media literacy cross the curriculum: Incorporating critical thinking about media across subjects
It’s not too early: Laying the foundation for healthy media habits in elementary school
Preparing new teachers to teach media literacy in a rapidly evolving digital environment
Students
Middle and High School Students: Engaging, interacive, guest lectures that bring media literacy into middle school and high school classrooms from health education to social studies
Elementary School Students: Guest speaking with students in 4th-6th grade to lay the foundation of healthy media relationships and critical thinking about media and technology
Youth groups: Customized, engaging, and practical youth-focused sessions that help tweens and teens reflect on their values, media habits, and think critically about media messages
Parents and Families
Information overload: Making sense of the research to understand how media impacts tweens and teens—and helping parents support their children as they grow up in a digital world
Tweens, Teens, and digital wellness: Answering parents most common questions about tweens, teens, and media….from “How much is too much screen time?” to “How do I talk to my child about the things they might see online?”
Making media work for your family: Practical tips for parents on everything from setting effective family media rules to developing healthy media habits
Businesses and Organizations
What does the science say?: A high-level look at the most current rigorous scientific research on adolescent and young adults relationships with media and technology
Designing for youth with youth: Ethical and effective best practices in research and co-designing with youth
Taking your team to the next level: Critical thinking and strategic decision making in the age of AI