About Media Literacy You should teach your children when to just Be ready to offer alternative activitiesespeciallyplay with children to foster media literacy, parents should http://www.nationaltelemediacouncil.org/aboutml.htm
Extractions: Media literacy is the "ability to choose, to understandwithin the context of content, form/style, impact, industry and productionto question, to evaluate, to create and/or produce and to respond thoughtfully to the media we consume. It is mindful reading, listening and viewing, accompanied by reflective judgment." Sixth-grade teacher Alan Lengel realized he was getting through to his students when, in the midst of a classroom discussion about stereotypes, twelve-year-old Matt volunteered his criticism of a popular TV program. Matt disliked the way the show consistently portrayed adultsespecially parents. In his opinion, the show always made grown-ups "look stupid." "It doesn't teach you to respect your parents," he complained. In fact, the program Matt criticizes, "You Can't Do That on Television," while intending jest, does a daily hatchet job on adults. Teachers are presented as foolish and petty bureaucrats, service workers are slovenly and rude, and parents are either feather-brained Milquetoasts or overweight, drunken slobs.
UNICEF Activity File Media WHY teach ABOUT media literacy? Before they are two years old, manychildren are aware of racial differences. By the age of three http://www.unicef.ca/eng/unicef/lessons/media/why.htm
Media_literacy literacy Homepage; PBS teacherSource media literacy - Getting Started ActivityIdeas; Why media literacy Matters; Why teach media literacy-Fran Trampiets; http://www.emtech.net/media_literacy.html
Extractions: Updated 4/19/04 Media Literacy 12 Basic Principles For Incorporating ML Into Curriculum (Project LookSharp) 18 Basic Principles- Len Masterman 18 Principles of Media Education A Pilgrim Guide to Educational Media Media Literacy (www.pilgrims.org) ... AMLA - About Media Literacy - Alliance for a Media Literate America Web Site An Introduction to Media Literacy Assessing Students' Media Work Cable in the Classroom Online Canadian Association for Media Education Organizations (CAMEO) ... Center for Media Education - Kathryn Montgomery Children Now Children's Express Christian Media Literacy Institute Citizens for Media Literacy ... Just Think - A media literacy organization for teachers, parents, and children teaching basic, visual, and technological literacy and encouraging young people to think critically. Just Think Foundation Key Concepts of Media Literacy Lesson Plans: Media Literacy Lesson Plans: Media Literacy ... Media Education - For Educators is a clearinghouse of ideas, from educators to educators. It offers teaching units, student handouts, timely reports and background material for media education across the curriculum, K - 12.
Critical Media Literacy it s handson training to teach critical viewing classes or interactive group activitiesas well compelling reasons for promoting media literacy education in http://www.21stcenturyschools.com/Critical_Media_Literacy.htm
Extractions: Super Early Bird Discount Designing the 21st Century Classroom 21st Century Schools Bibliography ... Workshops Media literacy empowers people to be both critical thinkers and creative producers of an increasingly wide range of messages using image, language, and sound. It is the skillful application of literacy skills to media and technology messages. As communication technologies transform society, they impact our understanding of ourselves, our communities, and our diverse cultures, making media literacy an essential life skill for the 21st century. (From the AMLA web site - Alliance for a Media Literate America) Definitions of Media Literacy Media Literacy teaches analysis, access and production of media. Media consist of "mediums" such as books, newspapers, billboards, magazines, comics, mail, packaging, jokes, radio, television, movies, software and the Internet.
KidBibs LT#40: Newspaper Activities Support Children's Learning The following sections include newspaper activities, children s books TOP SupportLanguage and literacy Development for About the Newspaper and the News media. http://www.kidbibs.com/learningtips/lt40.htm
Heinemann: Seeing & Believing approach to basic theory in media literacy and the There are also activities thatclearly illustrate how strategies, smallgroup work, media production, and http://www.heinemann.com/shared/products/0573.asp
Extractions: Online Only Price: $17.55 Table of contents Sample chapters People who bought this also bought... EMAIL this page to a friend Foreword by Alan Teasley Whether it's television, film, print, or the Internet, our world is saturated with visual images. That flow has become so persistent, so insistent, we can no longer dismiss its impact on our students' perceptions. We need to make media literacy a vital component of language arts education and equip our students to analyze and respond critically to media texts. was written to assist you with that process.
Cable In The Classroom - Thinking Critically About Media us opportunities to socialize, teach, and inspire parents and educators, includingactivities and strategies for furthering media literacy at home http://www.ciconline.com/Enrichment/MediaLiteracy/ThinkingCritically/
Extractions: Schools and Families in Partnership This publication, Thinking Critically About Media: Schools and Families in Partnership makes the case for teaching media literacy at school and at home. Download (in PDF) the report in its entirety or by chapter. Click here for download help.] Entire Report Or download in sections: Table of Contents by Folami Prescott-Adams, Ph.D. Television is an amazingly powerful communication tool. Its images of culture, family, relationships, and events give us opportunities to socialize, teach, and inspire both children and adults. Empowered parents and communities are responsible for guiding the placement of television in the process of human development.
The Free Expression Policy Project instructions for critical viewing activities as well as advertising, news programming,and media messages (that joined in a single volume, Television literacy. http://www.fepproject.org/policyreports/medialiteracy2d.html
Extractions: MEDIA LITERACY: AN ALTERNATIVE TO CENSORSHIP This report may be reproduced in its entirety as long as the Free Expression Policy Project is credited, a link to the Project's Web site is provided, and no charge is imposed. The report may not be reproduced in part or in altered form, or if a fee is charged, without our permission. Please let us know if you reprint. Thanks to Frank Baker, Cary Bazalgette, Wally Bowen, David Considine, Barry Duncan, Gary Ferrington, Bob McCannon, Marieli Rowe, Elizabeth Thoman, and Patricia Wright for helpful comments. Table of Contents Executive Summary Introduction: Why Media Literacy Education is Preferable to Censorship I. What is Media Literacy Education? II. Media Literacy in the U.S.: A Brief History ... Bibliography EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Media literacy education has come a long way since the 1970s, when the first "critical thinking" courses were introduced in a few American schools. Most educators today understand that with the revolutionary changes in communication that have occurred in the last half-century, media literacy has become as essential a skill as the ability to read the printed word. Equally important, media literacy education can relieve the pressures for censorship that have, over the last decade, distorted the political process, threatened First Amendment values, and distracted policymakers from truly effective approaches to widely shared concerns about the mass media's influence on youth.
Extractions: Subscribe to "Faith News." Help Youth Sort Out the Meaning in the Messages Many teens spend more waking hours with the media - television, movies, music, magazines and computer technologies - than they do with parents and other adults. Popular culture, reflected in the media, has the power to shape values and beliefs in ways that often challenge the teachings of your faith. The same media can also provide youth with exciting ways to discover important religious values. In order to help youth sort out the subtle meanings in media messages and to become critical viewers of the media, many faith leaders are incorporating "media literacy" lessons into their youth programs. When youth understand the impact of media in popular culture, they are less susceptible to its negative influences. Educate parents and other adults about the importance of helping kids analyze the media. Increase their awareness by including discussions of media literacy principles in parenting classes and tips in parenting materials.
The Arts, Media And Literacy a series of seminara and family learning activities. reading again. Her agenda extendsbeyond increasing literacy. Culture, media and Sport 10year strategy http://www.literacytrust.org.uk/Database/arts.html
Extractions: Newsletter Building a literate nation NLT Home The arts, media and literacy Arts, media and literacy update Government approaches Reports and surveys Focus areas Campaign for Learning through Museums and Galleries Initiatives Creative Partnerships Belfast Lough Environmental Arts project (Sept 2003) Initiatives from the database
Project Look Sharp - Media Literacy Library Letta s Family, V. literacy and the Arts for the Integrated Classroom, TRB. mediaAlert! 200 activities to Create mediaSavvy Kids, AB. Understanding media, CD. http://www.ithaca.edu/looksharp/library/hslist.html
Hamlet: Media Literacy media literacy The Many Versions of Hamlet The beginning of interpret the line, We ll teach you to Activity In putting forth his interpretation of Hamlet http://www.turnerlearning.com/tntlearning/hamlet/literacy.html
Extractions: The beginning of the play sets its tone, and sketches the characterizations of the principals-in particular, Hamlet himself is defined. How a director of stage or screen portrays the first few scenes will determine the course of the play. Directors of Hamlet draw upon a deep pool of prior interpretation and adaptations, handed down from generation to generation over hundreds of years. When a director like Kenneth Branagh sets out to film "Hamlet" he has several examples from which to draw; for any director shooting "Hamlet" today, Laurence Olivier's 1948 version must serve as a touchstone of interpretation. Show your students the first three scenes of the play; first as portrayed by Olivier, and then by Branagh. Unlike Branagh's "complete" "Hamlet," Olivier cuts the play, and reorders scenes as he sees fit; he even includes a "thesis"-"this is the story of a man who could not make up his mind." As they watch the film have your students note the obvious differences: the set; the music; the effect that the black and white versus color film stock makes. The second scene of the play is tripartite. We start in the official court, where Claudius attempts to put the best face on recent proceedings; then we witness Hamlet's soliloquy, where he blasts his fate; and we end with what might be considered an underground court, Hamlet's friends who know that "something is rotten in the state of Denmark."
Extractions: Turner Learning Programs Animal Farm Animate Your World Black History Month Buffalo Soldiers Cartoon Network A Christmas Carol CNN NEWSROOM Guide CNN Student Bureau Cold War The Day Lincoln Was Shot Don Quixote Drugs: Perceptions, Realities The English Patient Freedom Song Gordon Parks Hamlet Hope Houdini The Hunchback Learning Through Storytelling Lives on Film Millennium Nuremberg Passing Glory Soldiers of Peace Stage to Screen TCM By The Book Thicker Than Blood TNT Learning Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF Two For Texas The Virginian Virus Encounters Viviendo en America Women Making History Your Choice. Your Voice. Begin discussion after students watch DON QUIXOTE by reviewing the main events in the film and its depiction of the main characters. Examine whether students feel Don Quixote's outlandish dreams were portrayed in a realistic and sympathetic manner. Explore the events in the film from Don Quixote's point of view. What feelings did Don Quixote's adventures evoke? Have students re-visit the focus questions through the following discussion and activities. Is Don Quixote mad? What does Don Quixote want? What does he value? Who does he want to help? Who does he want to attack? Is there anything noble or admirable in his actions or beliefs? What values or beliefs are portrayed as ridiculous? What values or beliefs are celebrated? As the story progresses, do you feel he is more of a hero, a fool, or something in between? Does he accomplish what he desires? Why? Why not?
KIDSNET Media News: Media Literacy and concrete suggestions to help teach parents to NMMLP offers curriculum, classroomactivities, and other materials its new CDROM, media literacy for Health http://www.kidsnet.org/medianews/literacy/literacy.html
Extractions: The American Academy of Pediatrics has issued an official statement of policy on the importance of media education. The policy includes brief statements on the amount of time spent with the media; the impact of media violence on aggressive behavior; sexual content in the media; tobacco and alcohol; effects of media on obesity and school performance; and the value of media education. The abstract for the statement is given below; the full text may be read at the AAP's website. Abstract: The American Academy of Pediatrics recognizes that exposure to mass media (i.e., television, movies, video and computer games, the Internet, music lyrics and videos, newspapers, magazines, books, advertising, etc) presents both health risks and benefits for children and adolescents. Media education has the potential to reduce the harmful effects of media. By understanding and supporting media education, pediatricians can play an important role in reducing the risk of exposure to mass media for children and adolescents. Also see www.aap.org/family/mediaimpact.htm for a more detailed brochure, "Understanding the Impact of Media on Children and Teens," which includes recommendations for media education at the family level
Media Literacy media. The goal is to teach media literacy through classroom activitiesdesigned for understanding TV and how it works. This site http://www.gslis.utexas.edu/~vlibrary/edres/pathfinders/johnson/
Extractions: Melinda Johnson LIS 386L.3 Dr. Loriene Roy Media Literacy: Introduction Exposure to large amounts of data through newspapers, magazines, television, film and the Internet is a daily occurrence. In order to make sense of all these media messages, people need to become media literate (ML). The Canadian Ministry of Education defines media literacy as the ability to critically understand, question and evaluate how media work and produce meaning, how they are organized, how they mediate and construct reality, and how they impact our lives. ML may include the ability to create media products. This pathfinder directs pre-service teachers at the Northwest Indian College (NWIC) in Lummi, Washington to media literacy resources. All the selected resources are freely available on the Internet. I selected resources that provide a broad coverage of both media literacy information such as media violence and censorship as well as teaching tools such as lesson plans and learning activities. In order to guarantee current information, the pathfinder contains only sites updated since January 2000. An online version of this pathfinder is available from http://www.gslis.utexas.edu/~vlibrary/pathfinders/Johnson. This pathfinder cites resources that provide background information on media literacy such as history, definitions, issues, organizations, and projects as well as tools for education professionals teaching media literacy. The resources in this pathfinder will answer questions such as: Where can I find general information about media literacy? What are some media literacy organizations? What are some examples of media literacy projects? Where can I find media literacy resources for the classroom?
Humanities To Go - Media Literacy and the Discovery Channel to teach social studies life, turns out to be profitingfrom war activity. for introducing students to the concept of media literacy. http://www.ihc4u.org/htgML.htm
Extractions: A filmmaker turns 40 and casts a wry look back at the school, work, and media influences which have shaped his life (and all our lives) through four decades. The result is a film that poses critical questions about the forces which fuel the pursuit of successthat particularly American fixation on being "number one." "Who could fail to relate to this? The filmmaker has a wonderful sense of the ironies of life." EFLA Evaluations 26 mins / 1992 BEHIND THE SCENES AT THE LOCAL NEWS A lot of hard-won, time-crunching, stress-laden work goes into the nightly production of the local news. This tape candidly shows the closely-timed process of collecting, prioritizing, editing, and producing news stories. We see a reporter follow an officer around a crime scene, then apply her lipstick before a shoot. We see a cameraman review his footage in a van. And a producer drawing the icons that will appear beside the anchors' heads for each story. All of this activity leads up to the full finished broadcast. Because there is no narration, this video leaves this process up for interpretation. What factors determine which stories are chosen? What effect do time constraints have on the substance of the news? The local news will never look the same. The video is accompanied by a book. 2 hours /
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Kellner: Media Literacy And Critical Pedagogy teaching, no single way to teach media materials and to and sources of entertainmentand leisure activity. Obviously, media literacy is an important part of http://www.gseis.ucla.edu/courses/ed253a/dk/ML&CP.htm
Extractions: Douglas Kellner Shared Differences collects a wide range of articles which discuss how to organize courses in "multicultural media and practical pedagogy," while a diverse group of books that I will review focus on the importance of developing critical media literacy in analyzing media culture and producing alternative media. The books under review thus complement each other in terms of contributing to a critical pedagogy and challenge educators to rethink their curricula and teaching strategies to meet the challenge of confronting and dissecting media culture in our increasing multicultural society, while teaching the skills that will empower citizens and students to become sensitive to the politics of representations of race, ethnicity, gender, class, and other cultural differences in media culture. In this review, I will use Shared Differences to discuss how media of cultural representation such as film, video, photography, and multimedia can be used to promote multicultural education. I then engage a series of books that presents theoretical and practical articulation of the issues involved in developing critical media literacy. My argument is that education today needs to foster a variety of new competencies in using, analyzing, and producing media to empower students and to make education relevant to the challenges of the present and future. New technologies are altering every aspect of our society and we need to understand and make use of them both to understand and transform our world.
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Internship Program - Edit Mode of Leadership activities leaders in the field of research and medialiteracy skills as to determine an effective way to teach research/media 5. http://dev.education.uconn.edu/students/fieldexperiences/internships/Assignmentp
