David Considine: Key Facts.

*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.

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!

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].

"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 attitubtes and how to tailor media literacy lessons to their needs.I am leaving with a head full of great ideas. Thanks.".
     [Teacher, California ]

Watch a Quicktime clip of Considine workshops