David Considine: Key Facts.

June 2009, Cable in the Classroom writes, "Considine, a long-time advocate of media literacy instruction, has done perhaps more than anyone in the United States to bring it into the schools".

2008 recipient of the Education Award from the International Visual Literacy Association.

*An Australian, he convened this nation's 1st National Media Literacy Conference in 1995 at Appalachian State University in Boone NC.

*He chaired and named the 2003 National Media Education Conference in Baltimore.

*He is the author of The Cinema of Adolescence, Visual Messages:Integrating Imagery into Instruction, and Imagine That: Developing Critical Viewing & Thinking Skills Through Children's Literature.

*He served as a media literacy consultant for the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy during both the Clinton and Bush [W] administrations.

*He established the first graduate program in Media Literacy in the United States at North Carolina's, Appalachian State University in 1999.

*His workshops for teachers, parents, students, library media personnel ,art educators , social studies teachers and health educators have been presented in 38 states and 4 countries and institutions including Harvard and the U.S Dept. of Education.

*He was a media literacy presenter for the Discovery Channel's Know TV project throughout America.

*He teaches at the graduate and undergraduate level in the Middle School Program at ASU where he connects Media Literacy to National Middle School policy and philosophy& is a regular presenter at NMSA events.

*Addressing what he terms the visible and the vulnerable he connects media literacy to healthy lifestyles for teens ,with engaging workshops and curriculum development for health departments across the nation, including teen/tobacco initiatives, comprehensive sex education and substance abuse.

*Center for Religious Communication, University Dayton, summer school teacher.

*Wisconsin Critical Thinking Skills Center, summer instructor.

*He has served as a board member and conference chair for organizations including
The National Telemedia Council, The International Visual Literacy Association and The Alliance for a Media Literate America.

*Reflecting the interdisciplinary nature of his approach his articles have appeared in School Library Journal. School Library Media Quarterly, The English Journal, Language Arts, The Social Studies, The Middle Ground, Educational Technology and many others.

CONSIDINE FEATURED AS NATIONAL LEADER

by CABLE IN THE CLASSROOM
June 2009. click for pdf

HOW TO BOOK A WORKSHOP

Contact David Considine at Considinedm@appstate.edu.
Call [828] 262 2270 or write to
VIEW workshops at
PO Box 3181 Boone NC 28607.

TO LA TROBE & MADISON WITH LOVE:

University can be confusing & turbulent. I was the youngest in my working class family and the first to go. I hated it! Nothing would ever make me go back. But then it did ... MEDIA STUDIES.

Dr. Patricia Edgar, Dr. Ina Bertrand – THANK YOU for helping me see my potential, to dream it and live it. U & Melbourne Made me.

Russell Merritt at University of Wisconsin in Madison – you nurtured me, challenged me and changed me. Iam in your debt … it can never be repaid … so long since our Korean meal in San Francisco. You were and you are the best!

"David Considine has been one of the most influential individuals to advance the cause of media literacy education in American K-12 schools..For all that he has done we are most grateful..I have renewed optimism about American media education after experiencing another one of David's presentations".
[Frank Baker, 2008 ]

Watch a Quicktime clip of Considine workshops

Serving Public and Independent Schools Including:

*Georgetown Visitation Preparatory [DC]

*Garrison Forest [Maryland]

*Key School [Annapolis]

*Gaston Day [N.C.]

*Harpeth Hall [Knoxville]

*Montgomery Bell Academy [Knoxville]

*Hockaday School [Dallas, TX]

Offering Interdisciplinary, Standards-Based & Developmentally Appropriate Media Literacy.

Praise for Presenter.

'I want to express our gratitude for your superb contribution to the 4th U.S. -Mexico Demand Reduction Conference in Mexico City".
     [Chief of Staff Office National Drug Control Policy- White House].

"Your outstanding commitment to ensure their education ,not only in the classroom but beyond, is remarkable..I hope that you will expand and enrich the educational landscape of our country..."
[ Deborah Taylor Tate, FCC Commissioner, 2008 ]

"Thank you for taking the time to participate in Tennessee's first Media Literacy Conference… your involvement was critical to its success".
     [John Tanner, U.S. Congressman]

'On behalf of the First Ladies , Executive Working Group …we want to thank you for your invaluable contribution to the Leadership's 2nd conference…Your work has contributed greatly to the efforts to provide a strong knowledge base for prevention".
     [National Institute on Alcohol Abuse & Alcoholism]

"Thank you for your outstanding workshop and presentation..many of us were impressed by the way you personalized your presentation for the Olympia District. Addressing our curriculum frameworks made the concept of integrating media literacy into our curriculum, very tangible".
     [Olympia School District WA].

'Thank you for coming to Hawaii to put on a wonderful media literacy workshop..I don't think there could have been a better introduction. Your energy with the multi-media component provided a valuable education while keeping everyone alert and entertained".
     [State of Hawaii Department of Health].

"The speaker was awesome. I learned and enjoyed myself at the same time. He was able to bring a big subject to our level of thinking. I would love to hear him again".
     [Teenage student, Arkansas].

'I came to get an overview of middle school student attitudes and how to tailor media literacy lessons to their needs. I am leaving with a head full of great ideas. Thanks.".
     [Teacher, California ]

PRESIDENT OBAMA'S PERSPECTIVE ON
MEDIA.

"You're coming of age in a 24/7 media environment that bombards us with all kinds of content and exposes us to all kinds of arguments, some of which don't always rank that high on the truth meter.. and with iPods and iPads, and Xboxes and PlayStations -- none of which I know how to work -- information becomes a distraction, a diversion, a form of entertainment, rather than a tool of empowerment, rather than the means of emancipation. So all of this is not only putting pressure on you; it's putting new pressure on our country and on our democracy....

Class of 2010, this is a period of breathtaking change, like few others in our history... We can't stop these changes, but we can channel them, we can shape them, we can adapt to them. And education is what can allow us to do so."
[Commencement address VA. May 2010]