Digital Literacy Research, Program Design & Consultation
We create measurable impacts through our consulting work and partnerships in communities across Canada’s southern provinces, northern territories, & internationally. Advancing Digital Media Literacy awareness and understanding is core to our mission. Are you working on a digital initiative for social change? Do you need Digital Media Literacy expertise and guidance for your project? Contact us to see how consulting with Hands On Media Education could benefit your project.
NFB @ Nuit Blanche 2024 Program
public pixilation animation station design & facilitation
The National Film Board wished to participate in Nuit Blanche festivities and programming March 2nd 2024 with a 2 Station 7-hour interactive Pixilation Activity hosted in the NFB Space of their downtown building. From concept to final event activity execution, Jessie worked with the NFB for 3 months to create a unique, interactive, educational and unforgettable experience for all ages and abilities.
Inspired by this year’s theme of “Fantasy”, members of the public were invited to learn about the NFB, how animation is made, and how to create their own using a fantastical, engaging and interactive Pixilation activity that was free-of-charge, and fun for the whole family. In total 91 films were created with 171 participants, each receiving their own project via AirDrop or email upon completion of the activity. To learn more about the event, read Jessie’s blog post here.
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Rise Women+ Entrepreneur Program
Digital Literacy workshop facilitator & Support
In support of Canadian women+ who identify as having mental health and/or addiction challenges participating in Rise’s Entrepreneurial Training, Jessie continues to develop and deliver several Digital Literacy workshops for cohort participants to effectively participate in the Rise Program, and succeed in the business world beyond the classroom.
Providing hands-on training and activities in key digital programs, in addition to supporting each participant individually 1-on-1 has proven to be a winning combination for the program, and which will continue into 2025.
DigitalNWT Digital Literacy Ambassador Program
train-the-trainer consultation & workshop facilitation
In partnership with the University of Alberta, Aurora College, Gw’ichin Tribal Council, Inuvialuit Regional Corporation, Tl’icho Government, Smart Communities Society, Aurora Research Institute, & the Sahtú Renewable Resources Board, Jessie has been developing curriculum and resources for in-person and online Digital Literacy workshops for DigitalNWT, a 3-year ISED-funded project.
DigitalNWT aims to train community educators in each of the 33 NWT Communities to deliver Digital Literacy workshops of their own, using resources that speak to issues with technology and the internet that have arisen at the local level.
Archive / Counter-Archive
Educational outreach & Media Production consultation
Archive/Counter-Archive is a 6-year SSHRC-funded project led by Janine Marchessault (York University) dedicated to activating and remediating audiovisual archives created by women, Indigenous Peoples, the LGBT2Q+ community, and immigrant communities. Political, resistant, and community-based, counter-archives disrupt conventional narratives and enrich our histories.
As a member of the Education & Outreach Team, Hands On Media is helping facilitate research, discussion, and pedagogy in response to these concerns, with attention to AV heritage in secondary and post-secondary education, strongly connected to professional education in AV preservation.
Safe Internet & Digital Literacy
Training Program consultation for UNICEF & Ministry of Education (Algeria)
Jessie worked with Montreal Technology Educational Consultant Tami Belhadj to design & develop a comprehensive 10-month training program for UNICEF & the Ministry of Education Algeria which served K-12 teachers and students in each of Algeria’s 48 states. The program included Consultation, Global Landscape Overview & the creation of an annual, national 2019 Media Literacy Event.
Digital Literacy Training for Canadian Pre-Service Educators
Training Program consultation & workshop facilitation with MediaSmarts
The Digital Literacy Training Program for Canadian Educators involved delivering 45 workshops to 30 Faculties of Education across Canada. The #CanCode funding provided the opportunity for Jessie and MediaSmarts to provide this important workshop to 3,500 pre-service teachers, who will in turn reach an estimated 300,000 students. The program used MediaSmarts’ innovative Digital Literacy Framework for Canadian Schools as a foundation. .
Digital Storytelling
with Indigenous Youth & Elders
The Sahtú Renewable Resources Board is an organization operating in the Sahtú region of the Northwest Territories, providing youth and adults powerful opportunity to learn about Dene history, culture, traditional and modern ways of life. Hands On Media Education has been invited to develop and deliver media education training for hundreds of participating youth, adults and elders the past 3 years as part of on-the-lamp camps & research projects.
Jessie is currently working with Sahtú youth to complete the Sahtú Youth Network, an online platform which hosts Digital Media projects created by youth in the region.
