Amanda Levido
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Media literacy researcher Lecturer at Southern Cross University AI at Digital Child she/her
t’s such a privilege to share media literacy education practice and research with teachers. You can watch past webinars: ⁉️Digital literacy and critical thinking in English 🛝Early years media literacy
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If you were interested in these Children and the Media prompt cards, you can now download them from
doi.org/10.25918/mis...
They are designed to use with children aged 6-10, but they could be used with older children and young people as well.
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How can we support media literacy education in primary school classrooms? My children’s book ‘Max makes a movie’ seeks to help children and teachers learn about the filmmaking process.
doi.org/10.25918/fic...
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4 months ago
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Learning, Media and Technology
4 months ago
🟨New Publication in
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& Woods report on a study, designed to raise understandings of how to teach children about algorithmic practices through practice-based workshops. Read more (🔓):
tinyurl.com/2ucyf7na
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Digital Child
4 months ago
We're excited to announce the winners of our Stories by Digital Children competition! Thank you to all children who submitted entries for Series 2 from across the country and congratulations to our winners.
digitalchild.org.au/young-voices...
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Young voices take the lead in getting the balance right with digital technologies! - Digital Child
Empowering young minds to think critically and creatively about their digital identity
https://digitalchild.org.au/young-voices-take-the-lead-in-getting-the-balance-right-with-digital-technologies/
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Thrilled to share this article co- authored with
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and Annette Woods. In this article we discuss using curation and media production activities as a methodology to explore understandings of algorithms with children.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Developing children’s algorithmic literacies through curatorship as media literacy
Children in current times are likely to encounter algorithms, particularly recommendation systems, as part of their everyday media experiences. In this paper we consider children’s use of algorithm...
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17439884.2025.2495603
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Amanda Levido
Digital Child
7 months ago
Digital media are now an everyday part of most children’s lives for entertainment, learning, and communication. Tammy White and Michael Dezuanni discuss media literacy for children in the context of early years education in our latest blog post.
digitalchild.org.au/the-everyday...
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The everyday use of media literacy in early childhood education - Digital Child
children should have opportunities to develop their media literacy knowledge and skills, from an early age.
https://digitalchild.org.au/the-everyday-use-of-media-literacy-in-early-childhood-education/
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Digital Child
7 months ago
We can't wait to delve into submissions for our Stories by Digital Children competition. The deadline for entries is fast approaching (next week!), make sure your child's entry is in by 28 February!
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Digital Child
8 months ago
Looking for a brief overview of Roblox? Our latest, open access publication provides a snapshot of the popular gaming platform. Read the review here:
digitalchild.org.au/research/pub...
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ROBLOX: A Rapid Analysis - Digital Child
https://digitalchild.org.au/research/publications/reports/roblox-a-rapid-analysis/
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The 2025 work year is off to a great start ✨ I picked up these Children and the Media prompt cards from the printer today and love how they turned out 🤩 Designed to stimulate conversations about media and technology with children aged 6-10 years.
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9 months ago
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Tama Leaver
10 months ago
Folks from the ARC Centre of Excellence for the Digital Child
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are slowly turning up here, so here's a smallish starter pack for now, but as new folks from the Centre arrive, ping me & I can add you:
go.bsky.app/8RES29o
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So incredibly frustrating to see this bill pass, although unsurprising given the cursory attempt (if you can call it that) that went into understanding the anything about this issue.
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Live: Senate debates social media ban for under 16s
So far, 31 government bills have passed the Senate, with the social media ban the last item of business. Follow live.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11-28/federal-politics-live-november-28/104654902?utm_campaign=abc_news_web&utm_content=link&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_source=abc_news_web#live-blog-post-137665
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Banning children and young people from social media is not an appropriate solution and will likely bring a whole new range of problems. See our submission in response to the proposed social media ban below.
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