61. TWI, Renee Hobbs On Media Literacy In World Lit Positioning media literacy within the Secondary English Language analysis and mediaproduction activities into the emphasis on popular media and contemporary http://www.writinginstructor.com/areas/englished/hobbs1.html

TWI Archives (1981-1997) Coming ... June, 2002 Editorial Board Editors and Publishers David Blakesley Dawn Formo Write for TWI . . . The Writing Instructor is a blind, peer-reviewed journal, publishing in print since 1981 and on the Internet since June, 2001. Its distinguished editorial board consists of over 150 scholars-teachers-writers representing over 75 universities, community colleges, and K-12 schools. For more information about acceptance rates, the peer-review process, guidelines for review committees, and the editorial board, please read our Editorial FAQs or write us. TWI Forums Purdue's OWL Integrating Media Literacy into the Study of World Literature Renee Hobbs Babson College Read or print this node in Acrobat (PDF format). Requires the free Acrobat Reader E-Mail This Article to a Friend Search TWI: In the book, The Rise and Fall of English , Robert Scholes recommends a major overhaul in the teaching of English by replacing the canon of literary texts with a canon of concepts, precepts and practices for investigating the meaning-making process. He suggests that restoring the medieval trivium of grammar, dialectic, and rhetoric as the center posts in English education will help students "situate themselves in their own culture [. . .] and make the basic processes of language itself intelligible and fully available for use" (119). The point is not to pretend to offer students some magic talisman that will enable them to tell truth from falsehood in the media, but rather help them understand ‘mediation’ (the pouring of raw data through the sieve of any particular media) as a textual process that requires interpretation. (140)

62. TWI, Alsup And Wastal On Writing Culture These activities and literacy “events” happen One of the media educator’s goalsis expanding the understanding students have of literacy and what it http://www.writinginstructor.com/areas/englished/introduction.html

TWI Archives (1981-1997) Coming ... June, 2002 Editorial Board Editors and Publishers David Blakesley Dawn Formo Write for TWI . . . The Writing Instructor is a blind, peer-reviewed journal, publishing in print since 1981 and on the Internet since June, 2001. Its distinguished editorial board consists of over 150 scholars-teachers-writers representing over 75 universities, community colleges, and K-12 schools. For more information about acceptance rates, the peer-review process, guidelines for review committees, and the editorial board, please read our Editorial FAQs or write us. TWI Forums Purdue's OWL Writing Culture: Using Media Literacy and Popular Culture in the Middle and Secondary School Janet Alsup Purdue University Carrie King Wastal University of California, San Diego Read or print this node in Acrobat (PDF format). Requires the free Acrobat Reader E-Mail This Article to a Friend Search TWI: The call for papers for this release of The Writing Instructor asked teachers, scholars, and students working in middle and secondary education to explore theories and methods of teaching media literacy and popular culture to adolescents. The essays, editorials, hypertexts, and on-line conversations we have included address issues of current interest and debate in the field of media literacy education, particularly in connection to composition studies and writing pedagogy. So what is media literacy? Obviously, its pedagogical goal is primarily to teach students to be

63. Scanning Television / Videos For Media Literacy educator or just beginning to teach about media the trade and classroomtested activitiesthat fit Television is the most essential media literacy resource to http://interact.uoregon.edu/MediaLit/JCP/scantv/Scanning_TV_1/sctv_1_info.html

Scanning Television First Edition Winner - Bronze Plaque - Columbus International Film and Video Festival -1996 The festival is a well known educational media festival. One of the top festivals, along with the Houson and Charleston Worldfests, the New York Festival, and the National Educational Media Network (MEMN) in Oakland. Top award in a category is the Chris Award, followed by the Bronze Plaque. Winner: New York Festivals: Gold Medal for Education (General) Series Whether you are an experienced media educator or just beginning to teach about media in your subject area, Scanning Television is for you! Five videotapes offer a rich "database" of 40 student-centered video clips and print activities that stimulate students to become active media users in a world awash in information. The creative teacher's guide provides busy teachers with valuable "tricks of the trade" and classroom-tested activities that fit easily across the regular curriculum and work in tandem with the video. Produced in Canada, the print-video kit is completely appropriate for U.S. classrooms. Scanning Television is the most essential media literacy resource to come out in years! It's a new basic. Kathleen Tyner, Founder, Strategies for Media Literacy

64. Critical Media Literacy MEF media Education Foundation. Center for media literacy. Skills and Strategiesfor media Education. Teacher Guides and activities for C-SPAN in the Classroom. http://www.21stcenturyschools.com/Critical_Media_Literacy.htm

September 11th 21st Century Schools 21st Century Living 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) Current Projects in Media Literacy - Critical Media Literacy in Times of War, Dr. Megan Boler, Director of Women's Studies at Virginia Tech Media Literacy Defined Articles Online Critical Media Pedagogy The Language of Media Literacy - a Glossary of Terms , by Derek Boles Schools and Programs Sample Media Literacy Projects Resources for Media Literacy Media Links ... Order your Media Literacy Product Here - Recommended Media Literacy Products 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.

65. Using Video In The Classroom media literacy is the ability to analyze, evaluate and Please ask your Library mediaSpecialist if you through the teacher's guides for ideas and activities. http://www.prairiepublic.org/education/teachers/techniques.htm

Video In The Classroom Useful Techniques For Teachers Instructional television, video, and other technologies like maps, books, film, newspapers and slides, help students learn and retain what they have learned. Most instructional television/video programs are designed to stimulate interaction between the student and teacher. However, to help students get the most out of supplementary video, the teacher must have the knowledge, skills, confidence and enthusiasm to spark that interaction. Television in the classroom is a frienda teacher's aide. Teaching with video is interesting and rewarding; it brings many new and exciting experiences to the classroom. The attitude of the teacher is very important in making the lesson a success. If the teacher doesn't take instructional television and video resources seriously or gives them only marginal attention, learning benefits will be minimal. Instructional television's effectiveness will be only as good as the teacher's method. A good teacher is a good teacher television or no television. The construction and management of learning using a video-based lesson is a technique the teacher will develop from experience. However, many teaching techniques and tips on using television and video can be shared with you to aid in the development of technology-based lesson planning.

66. ED442147 2000-07-00 Media Literacy. ERIC Digest D152. it is imperative for educators to teach what M It concludes with possible learningactivities and Web site addresses of three media literacy organizations. http://www.ericfacility.net/databases/ERIC_Digests/ed442147.html

ERIC Identifier: Publication Date: Author: Abdullah, Mardziah Hayati Source: ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading English and Communication Bloomington IN. Media Literacy. ERIC Digest D152. THIS DIGEST WAS CREATED BY ERIC, THE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER. FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT ERIC, CONTACT ACCESS ERIC 1-800-LET-ERIC Children today are growing up in what O'Sullivan, Dutton and Rayner (1998) call a "media saturated" world, in which mass media, including the Internet, have a commanding presence in daily life. Media messages exert such powerful "social, emotional and intellectual influences" (Hepburn, 1999) that it is important to develop a society which understands how media can both serve and deceive. It is thus imperative for educators to teach what Megee (1997) calls "the new basic"- media literacy - so that learners can be producers of effective media messages as well as "critical consumers of ideas and information" (Rafferty, 1999). WHAT IS MEDIA LITERACY?

67. Education World ® : Curriculum: Understanding The Hype: Media Literacy (An Educ EW In what ways can teachers use media literacy to teach awareness aboutdrug and alcohol abuse? Gourley The same ways as indicated above. http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/curr310.shtml

Related Reviews Weekly Reader Galaxy Hot News/Hot Research New York Times Learning Network Related Categories Social Sciences : Media Theory Social Sciences : Media Literacy Related Articles Related Resources ... Language Arts Curriculum Article C U R R I C U L U M A R T I C L E Understanding the Hype: Media Literacy (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 Wizards © 1999 by Catherine Gourley, published by The Millbrook Press, Brookfield, Connecticut.

68. Publications - Media Campaign media literacy for Drug Prevention This guide for middle of the National Youth AntiDrugmedia Campaign Third and parents as a result of Campaign activities. http://www.mediacampaign.org/publications/

Substance Abuse in Popular Music Videos (PDF 1.12mb) This study examines the frequency and nature of portrayals of illicit drugs, alcohol, and tobacco in music videos - a medium that appeals primarily to teenagers and young adults. Media Tool Kit for Anti-Drug Action The Tool Kit has been created to help you and your organization participate in the National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign. Keeping Your Kids Drug-Free: A How-to Guide for Parents and Caregivers The Guide is a drug prevention brochure that provides parents and caregivers with real-life tips on how to keep kids drug free. Environmental Context of the National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign (PDF) This report focuses on State Prevention Coordinators knowledge and views of the Media Campaign. Helping Youth Navigate the Media Age: A New Approach to Drug Prevention (PDF) Read the findings of a Washington, D.C. Media Literacy Summit to explore how media literacy specific to illicit drugs can keep children drug-free. Media Literacy for Drug Prevention This guide for middle school educators provides lessons that use the newspaper as a springboard to teach students to recognize media influences that can affect their decisions about substance use. Evaluation of the National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign: Third Semi-Annual Report of Findings (PDF 7.99MB)

69. Media Literacy Web Links Center for media literacy http//www.medialit.org/ This site a calendar of eventsfor media educators, with program has a number of activities which help http://www.teachworld.com/tw_pages/media_lit_links.html

Media Literacy Web Links Adbusters http://www.adbusters.org/ Read articles from Adbusters Magazine, view the famous parody ads, and learn about the history and politics of this group of individuals from the media and creative communities who are developing a new way to look at advertising. Cable in the Classroom Online http://www.ciconline.com/ A resource for educators who are seeking to include video as an educational resource in their work, with access to the Cable in the Classroom magazine, technology training initiatives, and more. Center for Media Literacy http://www.medialit.org/ This site provides a calendar of events for media educators, with access to resource materials from all over the world. Discovery School http://school.discovery.com/ This site has lesson plans, vocabulary lists, links to educational web sites, and more resources to connect programming to K-12 curriculum. Now featuring Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators, a terrific index of teaching materials for K-12 educators. Does TV Kill?

70. Resource Guides For School Library Media Program Development will equip school library media specialists and way, the components needed to teachinformation literacy. Power Research Tools Learning activities and Posters http://www.ala.org/aasl/resources/curriculum.html

71. SBC Pacific Bell Knowledge Network Explorer : Online Learning : Blue Web'n Searc Tracks, a collection of Webbased activities created by of Internet resources andteach standard concepts Finally, someone put some humor into media literacy! http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn/content/Cat_12_App_6.html

Child Safety Connectivity E-Mail General/Other ... Web Development Blue Web'n Results search results for Technology - Activity 23 Sites Found Federal Holidays WebQuest http://herrickses.org/searingtown/federalholidays/ A relatively simple but well-developed webquest for middle school students. There are two main tasks: 1) students will teach their class about an existing federal holiday by creating a PowerPoint presentation; and 2) student teams will imagine a new holiday that represents the spirit of America and then write a persuasive argument which will be supported by either a poster or a postage stamp in order to convince the class that their idea is the best one. Includes links to all the required sites, a teacher guide, and even a voting ballot. (added 1/10/03, reviewed 1/10/03) International Kids' Space http://www.kids-space.org A resource area for children to share their works of art, short stories, and music with others. Click a logo to go to Kids' Space or Kids' Space Connection (added 7/5/96, reviewed 6/12/99) PBS Kids Cyberchase http://pbskids.org/cyberchase/

72. SBC Knowledge Network Explorer : Nuts And Bolts Of Big6 : Information Literacy H media Education / A media literacy Framework / Key bulleted strategies for implementinginformation literacy. 1997, provides several activities for exploring http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/big6/infolit.html

So, what is it? Definition from the Directory of Online Resources for Information Literacy ( DORIL Benchmarks for Information Literacy from the Washington Library Media Association ( WLMA ) conveniently divided into, hey whattya know, six simple steps. Understanding the World of Information from The Library, La Sierra University, Riverside, California. My library degree in nine pages of text. What is Media Literacy? , from The Media Awareness Network (Canada), includes What is Media Literacy? / Why Teach Media Literacy? / Approaches to Media Education / A Media Literacy Framework / Key Concepts / Making it Happen / Evaluation. Information Literacy from the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL). Don't miss the page on How to Learn More for teachers and librarians. Educator, educate thyself! Take TILT (Texas Information Literacy Tutorial), an interactive tutorial available from The University of Texas System Digital Library. How to Critically Analyze Information Sources , a tutorial from Reference Services Division, Olin*Kroch*Uris Libraries, Cornell University Library. Information Literacy and the Net , series of short modules for conducting training from the Bellingham Schools, Bellingham, Washington. Module One deals with information literacy. Subsequent modules progress into types of literacies, learning styles, information gathering and sorting. Module Sixteen culminates with relating an information literacy lesson to school district policy.

73. Literacy Links - Teach Any Child Or Adult To Read linkages between new and old media (eg community promote and encourage all bookrelatedactivities in South a method developed in South Africa teach any child http://www.teachingtoread.com/pages/Links.htm

Reading Links The International Dyslexia Association British Dyslexia Association Human Sciences Research Council Balancing Act Professor Tim Miles Bookcraft.co.za This site is building up a database of books and book services in South Africa. They invite you to send them a review of your favourite book, tell them about your favourite bookstore, problems you've experienced buying books or your comments on the South African book trade in general. The categories in the database are: Bookstores Publishers Services Accessories Reviews Wanted Books Edufax This is the home page of a visionary company with links to a number of other progressive companies and professional individuals who provide educational and training courses, programmes and workshops for all sectors of the workforce. Centre for the Book The Centre for the Book was established to develop a culture of reading in South Africa. It lobbies government on national book policy and acts as a broker between sectors of the book industry while also representing libraries, educational institutions and, most importantly, readers. The Centre helps to co-ordinate, promote and encourage all book-related activities in South Africa. JET - Joint Education Trust Francois de Dardel Here's what Francois wrote about the home reading programme: "

74. 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

The arts, media and literacy Arts, media and literacy update Government approaches Reports and surveys Reports on the arts and media Survey of school demand for outside artists Survey of schools' demand for arts services (June 1999) Focus areas Drama Poetry Media e-publishing ... Campaign for Learning through Museums and Galleries Initiatives National Reading Campaign arts activities National Year of Reading arts-related projects Initiatives from the database Research Popular culture's role in early years literacy learning (Overview of research) Publications and resources Organisations and links Articles from Literacy Today Initiatives from the database (focusing on surveys carried out between 1996 and 1999) Government approaches Schools to receive creativity packs £40 million pilot scheme aims to bring arts renaissance Culture and creativity: the next ten years, DCMS (March 2001) Arts make you a better pupil - Arts education in secondary school The Learning Power of Museums , DCMS ... From Policy to Partnership: developing the arts in schools,

75. Links Dr. Peter DeBenedittis Information on media literacy, including how the media influencesstudent's television rather than alternative activities to TV. http://www.limitv.org/links.htm

Links to organizations and web sites that complement our agenda. Organizations The NC Coalition for Pulling the Plug on Media Violence (Posters, parent information, flyers, family viewing guides) Web Site: http://www.limitv.org/PullThePlug The American Academy of Pediatrics (Excellent pamphlet on TV guidelines for families; see "Web Site" section below for pages on the AAP web site that deal specifically with Media Violence and TV.) Web Site: http://www.aap.org Center for Media Literacy Web Site: http://www.medialit.org National TV Turnoff Week (Sponsored by TV-Free America) Web Site: http://www.tvfa.org Children Now (800) CHILD-44 web site: http://www.dnai.com/children National Alliance for Non-Violent Programming Mediascope Web Site: http://www.mediascope.org/mediascope American Medical Association Web Site: http://www.ama-assn.org/ Center for Media Education Fax: 1 (202) 628-2554 National PTA Taking Charge of Your TV is a free video developed by National PTA and the National Cable Television Association. It is designed to teach parents

76. NLU Library - Mission Statement services and instructional media services which staff in their instructional, research,and scholarly activities;; which promote information literacy and reading http://www.nl.edu/ulibrary/mission.html

LIBRARY MISSION STATEMENT The Mission of the University Library is to provide a comprehensive program of library and instructional media services to support National-Louis University's mission which is expressed through excellence in teaching, research and service. The Library's role is to support the academic curriculum. The University Library has a set of purposes which support and are analogous to the institutional purposes. The purposes of this comprehensive library and instructional media program are as follows: to serve as an active partner in the teaching and learning processes and activities of the University; to enlarge, maintain, and make accessible the collections of information, materials, research resources, and equipment to support the University's students, faculty, and staff in their instructional, research and scholarly activities; to provide library public services, library technical services and instructional media services which assist faculty, students, and staff in their instructional, research, and scholarly activities;

77. The Free Expression Policy Project a ‘curriculum package’ to teach college students the most effective media literacyprogram integrates and includes both analysis and production activities. http://www.fepproject.org/policyreports/medialiteracyfull.html

Site Last Updated 4-9-2003 The Free Expression Policy Project began in 2000 to provide empirical research and policy development on tough censorship issues and seek free speech-friendly solutions to the concerns that drive censorship campaigns. Home About Us Commentaries Contact Us ... White Papers Search FEPP this site only MEDIA LITERACY: AN ALTERNATIVE TO CENSORSHIP Thanks to Frank Baker, Wally Bowen, David Considine, Gary Ferrington, and Bob McCannon for helpful comments. 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.

78. Media Literacy Beyond Blame. Though its goal to teach children how about why such dolls and activitiesare pushed Riley says that young people need media literacy to help http://www.zmag.org/zmag/articles/feb98peters.htm

Media Literacy By Cynthia Peters When my daughter came home from kindergarten telling me that her school was teaching her about the media, advertising, and such things as toy packaging, I was impressed. She was beginning to get the tools necessary to think critically about the blizzard of advertising and commercialism we confront everyday. It’s always been clear that no matter how much parents de-emphasize TV or avoid the malls and the Disney stores, kids will be hit hard by the corporations that want them to consume their products and their values. We can’t protect kids from all the media messages, but we can empower them to be critical. We can make them "media literate," the goal, I discovered, of an important political movement that has gained momentum in the last few years. With programs sprouting all over the country, finding outlets in schools and churches, the media literacy movement aims to equip children with the skills they need to critically view commercials and be better consumers. Some media literacy programs also teach children how to use various mediums themselves. According to the Aspen Institute Leadership Forum on Media Literacy (1992) and the Canadian Association for Media Literacy, media literacy is the ability to "access, analyze, evaluate and produce communication in a variety of forms." Is this a long overdue anti-corporate critique of the media? Not exactly. The people who preach media literacy hail from all over the political spectrum. Their funding sources are everything from the Catholic Church to Disney Corporation and MTV. They use media literacy as a tool to counter whatever media messages they find particularly abhorrent or as a neutral form of "education."

79. Early Literacy Development They can teach language and literacy through science move beyond strict skillsbasedactivities to engage New media literacy An interview with Bill Tally and http://www.edc.org/spotlight/mos_format/literacy/teaching.htm

Mosaic Home EDC Home TEACHING TEACHERS ABOUT TALK The Importance of Conversation in Preschool Classrooms On the third floor of Larsen Hall at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, thousands of video and audiocassettes line the walls of a room not much bigger than a closet. The cassettes contain data of an unusual sort-voices of children in ordinary conversation with each other and with adults at school, at play, and at home. The conversations comprise the raw data of a longitudinal research effort known as the Home-School Study of Language and Literacy Development. Begun in 1987 by EDC senior researcher David Dickinson and Catherine Snow, professor of language and literacy at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, the study set out to examine the connections between children's early spoken language skills and their later school performance. "Our interest was in low-income children in particular," Dickinson explains, "because it was apparent that somewhere in upper elementary school—fourth or fifth grades—-working-class children begin to fall behind their middle-class peers. It seemed to us that their oral language skills—-established in the preschool years—lay at the heart of their later struggles."

80. Worthwhile Wanderings:Media designed to help teachers integrate media literacy into classroom Find lesson plans,classroom activities, news, research and lessons on current media topics. http://www.qesnrecit.qc.ca/ela/www/media.htm

Media Note: To return here from an outside site, close the open browser window Mondo Times - The Worldwide Media Guide This site may be a useful resource for media studies at the secondary level. There are links to 13,271 media outlets in 211 countries around the world. Search by location or topic. YPP.NET With an educational goal of improving youth media literacy. A great website jam-packed with writing and art by and for youth, some serious, some frivolous, but all of it on edge. Links to several e-zines on a variety of topics. Provides a comprehensive writer's guide. Ideal for response activities with articles relating to world issues and the human experience. Media Literacy Review This site is a bi-annual online resource for educators and others interested in children, adolescents, and media. It is a new effort by the Media Literacy Online Project (MLOP) to meet the informational needs of teachers around the world and is provided as a free service. Provides a vast source of Media Literacy Online Web Links - including Media Literacy Organizations, Media Education Links, Online Journals, Lesson Plans/Units, and Research among others. A site well worth visiting. Information Literacy Primer by Kath Schrock An article identifying the skills that make students information literate.

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