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Helping educators, parents, (and kids!) understand and use digital media to invigorate education
About CyberWise
Diana Graber has a broad background as a producer and marketer of media, including film, video, television, print, and live sports events. Currently she is co-owner of Graber Productions, an award-winning film and video production company. Together with her husband, Michael, she has produced numerous sports and adventure documentaries and television programs since 1993.
For the past decade, Diana has also spent time volunteering for her children’s public charter school where she is teaching “Cyber Civics”. This has led to a new passion for helping young people master the skills of telling their own stories across all mediums.
Diana has a B.A. in Communications Studies from UCLA and an M.A. in Media Psychology and Social Change from Fielding Graduate University/UCLA and was recently a finalist for the NAMLE Research Emerging Scholar Award. Diana serves on the boards of Journey School and Wheels4Life and resides with her husband and two “digital native” daughters in Capistrano Beach, CA.
email: dgraber@cyberwise.org
twitter: @dianagraber
Cynthia Lieberman is a marketing strategist who currently operates her own marketing and public relations consulting firm, Lieberman Communications. Ms. Lieberman brings more than 20 years of experience as a renowned leader in creative marketing and integrated public relations for a long list of prestigious companies and clients including Warner Bros., Sony, Fox, Paramount, NBC/Universal, Fremantle Entertainment, Fox Family, GSN, Stan Lee’s Pow! Entertainment and more.
Along with her rich marketing and PR experience, Ms. Lieberman has a B.A.in Electronic Media Management and a M.A. in Media Psychology and Social Change from Fielding University/UCLA. She has served on the board of the Television Publicity Executive Committee and has received multiple Promax Medallion Awards in recognition of her creative marketing talents.
She currently resides with her husband in Northridge, California, and has two "digital native" children attending college.
email: clieberman@cyberwise.org
twitter: @liebermanc
Upon completing the first-ever M.A. program in Media Psychology and Social Change, a pioneering field that focuses on how human behavior is affected by the media and how to use it to influence social change, Diana Graber and Cynthia Lieberman felt compelled to apply their state-of-the-art education and 40+ years of combined entertainment/media experience to the emerging field of digital media and learning. Their goal is to share their passion for new media literacy and technology in education with others by offering fun, easy-to-use, credible content and materials that show not just how but why it pays to be CyberWise.
Diana Graber
CyberWise Co-Founder
Cynthia Lieberman
CyberWise Co-Founder
LET US HELP YOU!
We find nothing more rewarding than sharing our passion and expertise on media literacy, digital citizenship and tech tools for learning. Here are some of our presentations:
CyberWise Tech-Aware Parties
(Online and On-site):
What do kids DO all day on their digital devices? What's the difference between an Text and a Tweet? How are online relationships affecting our children?
CyberWise Tech-Aware Parties are the modern equivalent of the Tupperware Party. Designed for adults who want to understand what kids are doing in cyberspace, these events offer a fun, non-intimidating way to learn about Social Media (Facebook, Twitter, etc.), Web 2.0, Blogging, Texting, Privacy Settings and more. Offered online and on-site!
Educator Workshops
(Online and On-site):
- What is New Media and Why Does it Matter for Education?
- Why Digital Citizenship is the First Step to New Media Literacy
- Using Web 2.0 Tools for Learning
Presentations Include:
- Educational Technology Integration in the 21st Century Classroom: A Review of Resource Tools and Information. (click here)
- A Developmental Approach to New Media Literacy Education: Hands on in the Classroom. (click here)
These Presentations given at NAMLE (National Association of Media Lilteracy Educators).
You have done a magnificent job of taking what you know about the big picture and making it actionable--identifying a specific need and providing an imminently useable solution.
--Dr. Pamela Rutledge, MBA
Director, Media Psychology Research Center
& Co-Founder, A Think Lab
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.. when it comes to the newest technology like education app's, teachers aren't usually eager to use it for many reasons, mostly because it takes extra time to research and set up... if (someone) provided some media literacy for teachers on all these new apps, it would make technology integration in the classroom just that much easier.
-- Huffington Post, 2011
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