The NCTE Commission on Media invites you to visit/learn/engage/interact:
New Media Gallery --Friday November 20 Convention Center/Room 202A, Level 2
9:30am Media Literacy Made Easy: Integrating Media and Technology into an English Classroom
11:00am News Literacy: Helping Students Learn to Read Between The Lines
12:30pm The English Classroom at Science Leadership Academy
2:30pm 21st Century Literacy Education: Report fr…
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Added by Frank W. Baker on November 16, 2009 at 2:26pm —
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Become a News Literacy Fellow this summer at Stony Brook! Help pioneer a new course for high school and middle school students on how to know if you’re getting the truth from the news media! Work and study with a select group of journalists and faculty at the School of Journalism. The two-week immersion course, underwritten by the Ford Foundation, will include a condensed version of the university’s innovative News Literacy course, colloquia with journalism school lecturers and professional jour…
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Added by Frank W. Baker on October 30, 2009 at 8:35pm —
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Due to upcoming travel and other commitments, I am sending this annual list of recommendations early. Each year, around this time, I create a list of books about media and media literacy that might make great additions to your library, personal collection, or as a gift. The list can be found on the home page of
my web site under NEW RESOURCES.
Happy holidays. Frank Baker
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Added by Frank W. Baker on October 26, 2009 at 8:30pm —
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Coming to Philadelphia? Please join us inside the New Media Gallery 2009
You’ve heard of blogs, wikis, and nings, but you’re wondering how to use them in your classroom? We have some exciting possibilities on exhibit at our
New Media Gallery, Friday, November 20, 2009 from 9:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. in Room 202A of the Convention Center. Sponsored by
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Added by Frank W. Baker on October 20, 2009 at 11:55am —
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Recently, President Obama invited physicians to the White House for a Rose Garden talk on health reform. Perhaps you, or your students, saw the images of this event in the news. If not, you can find them by going to
Yahoo News and limiting your search criteria to "news photos."
The President, in one image, is surrounded at the podium by four doctors--and both racial and gender diversity are evident. In that photo, as well as wider shots, we s…
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Added by Frank W. Baker on October 11, 2009 at 10:30am —
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From the current issue of
PARENTING magazine: "Scientists are just starting to study the social effects of these new types of communication, and much of their research focuses on adults and teens, not kids. By poking through those studies, though, it is possible to glean a few likely answers -- and, it turns out, there's much to be hopeful about."
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Added by Frank W. Baker on October 6, 2009 at 2:03pm —
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Orca Books, the publisher of MEDIA MELTDOWN, wants you to know that starting tomorrow (October 1) you can download their new graphic novel for free. This is a great way to consider introducing media literacy to your students. And it comes from Canada, which has produced some of the best media literacy material in North America.
Details are on
this blog post.
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Added by Frank W. Baker on September 30, 2009 at 7:00am —
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A
middle school teacher's commentary in the current issue of Education Week urges his fellow educators (and test producers) to consider the kinds of texts young people attend to today. "Reading video, images and other multimodal texts," he says, "demands just as much critical thinking and analysis as a challenging excerpt from Moby Dick."
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Added by Frank W. Baker on September 23, 2009 at 1:44pm —
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Jason Ohler (author of the ASCD text "Orchestrating the Media Collage" and the Corwin Press book "Digital Storytelling in the Classroom") offers recommendations for teachers in
this post on the Ohio Education Association website.
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Added by Frank W. Baker on September 10, 2009 at 8:00pm —
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It seems to me---whether your students watch or not---here is a great media literacy, teachable moment/opportunity. Here are some questions that might be considered--by both teachers and students:
1. Where did you first hear about the President's speech?
2. What have you read or heard about what he is planning to say?
3. Who is his primary audience? (Might there be a secondary audience too?)
4. Where in the curriculum might you discuss the importance of American education?
5. What technique(s)…
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Added by Frank W. Baker on September 4, 2009 at 8:09pm —
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The New York Times ran a news story this past week questioning Robert Capa's iconic photograph "The Falling Soldier." Now, the Times follows that up with "
Faked Photographs- Look, and Then Look Again." The gist of this piece is "Sorting icons of truth from icons of propaganda is often a thorny business that can take decades to resolve, and that’s if it gets resolved." Be sure to see the com…
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Added by Frank W. Baker on August 23, 2009 at 11:00am —
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Project LookSharp has announced the availability of two new media literacy curriculum kits, all of which are downloadable (free) from its website, or available for purchase.
Creativity and Aging through the Lens of Film is designed for college level classes (in aging studies, lifespan development, music, film, or media literacy classes). 5 lessons (each containing 4 short clips from popular and documen…
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Added by Frank W. Baker on August 21, 2009 at 7:58pm —
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Most state standards for ELA include having students analyze and create "informational texts," and advertising certainly falls into this category. I recently came across a document on the web that I think may be a good resource, especially if you teach with and about both print and non-print advertising. The resource comes from the Lessons From Literature web site and the two handouts in question are entitled "Guiding Questions for Media Images 1" and "Guiding Questions for Media Images 2." They…
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Added by Frank W. Baker on August 19, 2009 at 11:14am —
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Here is a great
web site from Australia which explains not only what a book trailer is, but also what elements it should contain. Be sure to see the list of YouTube book trailers--good examples to share with students and teachers alike.
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Added by Frank W. Baker on August 12, 2009 at 11:07am —
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You’ve heard of blogs, wikis, and Nings, but you’re wondering how to use them in your classroom? NCTE's Annual Convention (Philadelphia PA) has some exciting possibilities on exhibit at the
New Media Gallery, Friday, November 20, from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. in Room 202A, sponsored by NCTE’s Commission on Media.
Schedule:
9:30am-10:45am Media Literacy Made Easy:Integrating Media and Technology into an English Classroom
11:00…
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Added by Frank W. Baker on August 10, 2009 at 10:36am —
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NOTE: Copyright allows this program to be recorded, used and retained for one year.
Local broadcast: check your local PBS station's broadcast schedule for the exact date and time in your area. Many stations are airing this during the week of August 10-15.
Documenting the Face of America: Roy Stryker and the FSA/OWI Photographers
An exploration of challenges faced by New Deal-sponsored photographers Gordon Parks, Dorothea Lange, Russell Lee, Walker Evans, Jack Delano and Marion Post Wolco…
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Added by Frank W. Baker on August 5, 2009 at 7:53pm —
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The National Association of Media Literacy Education (NAMLE) unveiled the premiere issue of its new Journal of Media Literacy Education Sunday night, August 2, at the NAMLE conference in Detroit Michigan. Volume 1, Issue 1 can be found
here. Each issue of the journal is divided into three sections: Articles; Voices from The Field; and Professional Resource (reviews). To access all of the journal, be sure to register (it's free). Follow…
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Added by Frank W. Baker on August 2, 2009 at 8:37pm —
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Fabrice Florin of NewsTrust asks that I pass along this exciting, new resource. He says: I thought you might be interested in hearing about a news literacy guide we just released on NewsTrust.net, our social news network devoted to good journalism.
Think Like A Journalist, by Michael Bugeja, gives news consumers a quick introduction to core principles of journalism, with helpful tips on how to review a story on NewsTrust. This short guide is aimed at people with a general interest in news…
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Added by Frank W. Baker on July 22, 2009 at 7:31pm —
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Here is a
new resource for all who teach advertising/persuasion/media literacy. Enjoy. Frank W. Baker,
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Added by Frank W. Baker on July 15, 2009 at 10:40am —
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This interview, with the author of a new book, is particularly good…
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Added by Frank W. Baker on July 6, 2009 at 5:00pm —
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