Education Graduate Students Present and Volunteer at NFRC Spring Event

Students in Medaille's master's in elementary education program recently made presentations and volunteered at the Niagara Frontier Reading Council (NFRC) spring professional development event on the topic "Media Literacy in the Era of 'Fake News.'" Sabrina Ruffolo presented on "Effective Strategies for Teaching Elementary Students About Fake News" and Jaclyn Kasprzak presented on "The Four Cs of 21st Century Learners: Teaching Elementary Students about Critical Thinking, Communication, Collaboration and Creativity." Fellow graduate students Danielle Blahowicz and Sierra Chojnacki volunteered to host the donations for Nicaragua raffle project. The mission of the NFRC is to promote literacy education, encourage professional development and provide community service that fosters literacy within Western New York.