About
Melanie McBride is a Canadian educator, consultant and speaker specialising in digital literacies and classroom2.0 learning.
Since 2001, Melanie has produced award-winning e-learning and interactive writing projects with The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), Trapeze Media, Mystus Exhibits, Phantom Compass, Learning Agents and interactive museum exhibits for distinguished clients in North America, Europe and the Middle East. Of note, her stories for the CBC Archives project have been repurposed for use in Canadian classrooms and cited in WikipediaHistori.caand various educational websites.
In addition to her production work, Melanie’s writing and ideas are frequently cited by leading educators and technologists online. She is a regular contributor to Howard Rheingold’s Smartmobs, Mindjack Magazine and her edublog at Melanie McBride online.
Education and teaching
Melanie has formal media and technology training from Ryerson University (media studies) and Centennial College (online writing and information design). She holds an Honours Specialist Bachelor’s degree in English Literature from University of Toronto and a teaching degree (B.Ed, I/S English, Politics/Civics) from the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE), University of Toronto. She has taught at the secondary and post-secondary level.
Education, digital literacies, participatory and social media, emergent technologies of cooperation, digital democracy, the digital divide, critical pedagogy, gaming and virtual worlds.
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