Learning Media || Classroom Management: Primary teach routines to the students by modeling tasks to the class to work with one ortwo groups and monitor independent activities. Purposeful literacy activities. http://www.learningmedia.com/HTML/ll_classroom-prim.htm
Extractions: This page highlights a number of purposeful literacy activities that may be appropriate for your classroom. Intermediate Grades Teach routines to the students by modeling tasks to the class several times, for example: When managing large blocks of uninterrupted time, set up an easy-to-follow rotation system that allows the teacher to work with one or two groups and monitor independent activities. When not interacting with the teacher, students should be involved in purposeful literacy activities that will engage them for a sustained period of time. These activities may include:
WritingWiki > Media Literacy of it. 248 How, essentially, do you try to teach a healthy and grammatical structures is the way these activities enable us media literacy includes Video http://wiki.etdguide.org/Wiki.aspx?page=Media Literacy
MediaChannel.org | Get Involved | Teach Kids as onestop shopping for media-literacy tools, the From Communication, Culturaland media Studies Infobase. can participate in group activities and school http://www.mediachannel.org/getinvolved/teachkids.shtml
Extractions: HOME Let's Get Critical: A Media Literacy Toolkit For Parents, Kids And Teachers We're distracted and deadened by home-video slapstick and nightly news splatter, video-game carnage and 15-minute celebrities. To help young people make sense of our ever more mediated world, parents and teachers need to teach kids the basic moves of media self-defense: the critical viewing, listening and reading skills that will enable them to crack the cultural codes and parry the coercive messages bombarding them. fun The following resources from MediaChannel affiliates offer advice, lesson plans and classroom projects to help parents, teachers and young people become more media literate. Aliza Dichter and Mark Dery, "Teach Kids" editors From "Teletubbies" and "Power Rangers" to the full banquet of TV and Internet offerings in all their inane, violent, and commercial glory, children feast on the mass media these days. Parents concerned about giving their children both a more nutritious media diet and the critical viewing skills to digest it will find a wealth of resources in Media Awareness Network's "Becoming a Media-Wise Family." The many articles and tip-sheets on advertising, stereotypes, media violence, video games, television and the Internet offer insights into the way the media speak to children, the messages children may receive from media, and ways to help children understand, interpret and ask questions.
Extractions: Emerging technologies, the global economy and the Internet are changing what it means to be literate. The digital age is transforming the quantity, range and speed of information and communication in our lives. The mass media affect how we perceive and understand the world and people around us, from what we wear, eat and buy to how we relate to ourselves and others. In the 21 st century, the ability to interpret and create media is a form of literacy as basic as reading and writing.
Rocky Mountain PBS: Learn: Teacher Resources TV Planet , a humorous approach to teach media literacy concepts and any of the RockyMountain PBS media literacy programs or activities contact Ron http://www.rmpbs.org/learn/teaml.html
Extractions: A program for 7th-9th grade students and their teachers and parents. An increasingly important topic for students in the new millennium, media literacy means the ability to critically view what one sees in all forms of media. From television shows to the Internet, the media influence the way we view our world. Television in particular, in 99 percent of homes in the United States, plays a huge part in defining our values and beliefs as a society. Learning to be a critical viewer is thus imperative or we run the risk of allowing the business behind television to create our values. Rather than censoring all television, proponents of media literacy encourage us to equip students with the critical thinking skills needed to best understand the messages received on television. Media literacy empowers viewers to examine their relationship with the media and better understand the business behind television, allowing them to make their own determinations of their values within the context of this new knowledge.
Mercy Corps - Classroom Here are some activities to introduce your students to of the Enemy (105 KB PDF)teach your students the importance of media literacy through the http://www.mercycorps.org/classroom/
Extractions: PDF Learn ! Actively seek information about cultures around the world, as well as global economic, political, environmental, and social systems. Act ! Search for ways to act as a global citizen, promote social justice and respect for others around the world, and support those who do so. Connect ! Explore ways to build productive connections between yourself and the world around you, locally and globally. Photo: Fran Rodgers/Mercy Corps At Mercy Corps, we believe that educating about critical issues in our world should be engaging and fun; focusing not only on problems, but also on progress and solutions. We have developed these classroom resources, information, and activities to help make global citizenship more accessible and relevant to everyone. For more information about Mercy Corps in the community, and how your group can get involved, contact: wbolger@mercycorps.org. All Iraq Afghanistan
FindingWeb Directory - /News/Media/Media_Literacy parents and teachers to teach media evaluation from and their » PBS teacher Source media literacy - Features related activities, classroom resources http://dir.findingweb.com/Top/News/Media/Media_Literacy
Extractions: You're in the right place... check it out the following sites and directory about Media Literacy, or search Media Literacy at FindingWeb Search. Sub-categories See also: Links Alternative Media Watch - A set of links to most of the alternative and/or "radical" newspapers and publications operating today.
Gender Equity-Media Literacy What do ads teach both males and females about body image? Why? 1999 media LITERACYAND GENDER Women, Men. activities, Clothing, Appearance Body size Skin color. http://www.genderequity.org/medialit/unit3_7.html
Extractions: Next Lesson UNIT 3: Critical Thinking About Media And Its Impact LESSON 7: Images of Women and Men in Advertising GRADES: TIME: three 80 minute class periods plus homework SUBJECTS: English, Social Studies, Communications, Health/Life Skills DESCRIPTION: Students apply to both print and television advertisements the critical thinking and analytic skills they have been learning. In small groups, they analyze the ways in which women and men are portrayed and then discuss the impact that these portrayals have on themselves. In the TAKING ACTION! section, students can choose to create their own ads. OBJECTIVES: Short Term Long Term MATERIALS: magazines that contain color advertisements which depict women and men in a variety of ways and which would appeal to adolescents Analysis of Advertising , Worksheet #1, Unit 3, Lesson 7 student access to television and VCR for homework VCR and television monitor in class array of colored pens, crayons, or pencils; posterboard; scissors; paste or glue for "create an ad" activity
ALAN Volume 28, Number 1 - Gretchen Schwarz the teach Yourself series; London teach Yourself Books as a number of deconstruction(analysis) activities. The New media literacy Handbook by Cornelia Brunner http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/ALAN/v28n1/schwarz.html
Extractions: Fall 2000 Volume 28, Number 1 DLA Ejournal Home ALAN Home Table of Contents for this issue Search ALAN and other ejournals Exploring Media Literacy with Young Adults Gretchen Schwarz Bombarded by television even in schools, captivated by surfing the Web, and attending movies regularly, adolescents live in a culture dominated by the mass media. The power of the media is reflected in growing concern over teen violence promoted by movies, eating disorders encouraged by slick magazines, and numerous other issues. At the same time, the media offer benefits, creating interest in other parts of the world through TV documentaries or enabling new ways to connect through e-mail. Because of the media's power, media literacy is "a curricular approach that is gaining momentum around the globe" according to Mann ( ). Media literacy is defined by Aufderheide as the "ability of a citizen to access, analyze, [evaluate], and produce information for specific outcomes" ( v ). She adds, "Touching as it does on the welter of issues and experiences of daily life, [media literacy] is interdisciplinary and cross-curricular" (
TeacherSource . Media Literacy . Related Sites | PBS search options. Thursday, May 13, 2004. Related PBS Sites and Programs. PBS offers several programs and Web site activities that can help you explore media issues with your students. Arthur's Guide http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/media_lit/related_sites.shtm
An Introduction To Media Literacy consistently addresses curriculum concerns, and textbooks like Visual Messagesprovide K12 strategies and activities to integrate media literacy into the http://www.ci.appstate.edu/programs/edmedia/medialit/article.html
Extractions: For many years now, The National Telemedia Council has been asked if any clear, succinct yet comprehensive overview of media literacy was available. While Telemedium consistently addresses curriculum concerns, and textbooks like Visual Messages provide K-12 strategies and activities to integrate media literacy into the curriculum, there is need for a simple overview that explains to a newcomer to the field, just what media literacy is, and why we need it and where it belongs. These few brief pages then, represent our contribution to that need. by David Considine (Published in the Fall 1995 issue of Telemedium , The Journal of Media Literacy,
Extractions: (An Education World e-Interview With Catherine Gourley) Every day, we are bombarded with messages when we watch television, go online, or read newspapers and magazines. What do those messages mean? What is their purpose? How should we process media messages? In a recent e-interview with Education World, noted author, educator, and media literacy expert Catherine Gourley shared her thoughts about media literacy and its role in education. Gourley's latest book, Media Wizards: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at Media Manipulations, introduces techniques to help students crack the codes of media messages. "Media wizards are a creative bunch. They produce their messages using a warehouse of tools visual effects, sound effects, words that have positive or negative connotations, headlines that SCREAM!, and photographs that sensationalize. Some wizards speak in sound bites and advertising slogans. Others mouth media metaphors. But their words and their illusions aren't magic. They are simply messages, each constructed with a purpose to inform, to persuade, or to influence behavior."
Extractions: (An Education World e-Interview With Catherine Gourley) Every day, we are bombarded with messages when we watch television, go online, or read newspapers and magazines. What do those messages mean? What is their purpose? How should we process media messages? In a recent e-interview with Education World, noted author, educator, and media literacy expert Catherine Gourley shared her thoughts about media literacy and its role in education. Gourley's latest book, Media Wizards: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at Media Manipulations, introduces techniques to help students crack the codes of media messages. "Media wizards are a creative bunch. They produce their messages using a warehouse of tools visual effects, sound effects, words that have positive or negative connotations, headlines that SCREAM!, and photographs that sensationalize. Some wizards speak in sound bites and advertising slogans. Others mouth media metaphors. But their words and their illusions aren't magic. They are simply messages, each constructed with a purpose to inform, to persuade, or to influence behavior."
Media Literacy This unit is designed to teach students how As a culminating activity, students createtheir own parody and links found under media literacy are applicable http://teachers.henrico.k12.va.us/Specialist/franceslively/media.htm
Teaching InfoLit & Library Skills Links links for School Library/media Specialists Library Skills activities - ResourceLinks www.geometry School Libraries.org - Information literacy Library http://www.librarysupportstaff.com/teachlib.html
PBL Curriculum Activities throughout the project and as tools for media literacy. and limitations of variousmedia, and make Summaries The Technical Learning activities are tools for http://pblmm.k12.ca.us/PBLGuide/Activities/Activities.html
Extractions: Curriculum Activities Media Literacy Activities General Activities Production Activities Technical Learning Activities Media Literacy Activity Summaries The Media Literacy Activities ask students to critically examine and analyze the multimedia projects of others, especially those they find in the real world around them. Frequently the media literacy activities complement production activities where students work on their own multimedia projects, as in the pair Audience Influence (media literacy) and Defining Your Audience (media production). The Media Literacy Activities are intended to help students develop their own high-quality multimedia projects and use them responsibly. Audience Influence By defining and then inventing an audience for a media product, students learn about the ways media products are shaped by their audience. Looking at Interviews By examining the conscious construction of an interview in this activity, students are better able to use interviews for the purposes of their project and critically evaluate the interviews they see in other forums. Multimedia Representations By looking critically at the ways organizations represent themselves in various multimedia products, students will better understand the ways media are used to shape audience impressions.
ECB Surf Report: Media Literacy Web site has a guide to media literacy called Getting It provides ideas for activitiesand discussion questions selection of links to help teach visual literacy http://www.ecb.org/surf/medialit.htm
Extractions: Report Archives. These links are designed to help students learn to critically evaluate and understand the media and its impact on their lives. Media literacy is a part of the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction's recommended curriculum, or is included in DPI model academic standards, for many subjects. Among them are art and design education, English language arts, family and consumer education, health education, information and technology literacy, and social studies. (ECB also provides excellent video resources on Media Literacy for Wisconsin teachers.)
