1. What do you do? I wear many hats: media literacy education consultant; workshop presenter; author; webmaster for the Media Literacy Clearinghouse; contributor to blogs, nings, list-servs, etc. 2. Tell me about your latest work or project in media literacy. My third book, “Media Literacy In K-12 Classrooms,” will be published this month by ISTE, and [...]
Media Literacy in the K-12 Classroom. by Frank Baker (ISTE/$35.95 + free shipping). NAMLE past president, Frank W. Baker will show you how you can bring media literacy into your classroom—whether that classroom is English language arts, social studies, health, or any other subject—and teach students skills that enable them to become knowledgeable media consumers [...]
Now Available: Journal of Media Literacy Education: Volume 3 Issue 2 This issue was jointly created by two journals devoted to media literacy education: the US Journal of Media Literacy Education (sponsored by the National Association for Media Literacy Education) and the Italian Media Education: Studi, Ricerche, Buone pratiche (sponsored by MED – Associazione italiana per l’educazione ai media e alla [...]
The Journal of Media Literacy Education (JMLE) is an online interdisciplinary journal that supports the development of research, scholarship and the pedagogy of media literacy education. The journal provides a forum for established and emerging scholars, media professionals and educational practitioners in and out of schools. As an extended conceptualization of literacy, media literacy education helps individuals of all [...]
Teachers John Mikulski and Brian Brugger discuss tips and techniques for the cash-strapped classroom teacher in the Tightwad Teacher podcast. On episode 28 John, Brian, and Mark discuss media literacy and its impact on the classroom and teaching standards with author, and NAMLE member, Frank Baker. Podcast: Tightwad Teacher #28 – Media Literacy in the K-12 [...]
The Journal of Research on Libraries & Young Adults (JRLYA) seeks papers for its Spring 2012 issue on the theme of Twenty-First Century Literacies. The issue will feature articles focusing on different twenty-first century literacies. Possibilities include information literacy, traditional literacy, multicultural literacy, transliteracy, visual literacy, media literacy, civic literacy, or economic literacy, to name [...]
1. What do you do? I wear many hats: media literacy education consultant; workshop presenter; author; webmaster for the Media Literacy Clearinghouse; contributor to blogs, nings, list-servs, etc. 2. Tell me about your latest work or project in media literacy. My third book, “Media Literacy In K-12 Classrooms,” will be published this month by ISTE, and [...]
Media Literacy in the K-12 Classroom. by Frank Baker (ISTE/$35.95 + free shipping). NAMLE past president, Frank W. Baker will show you how you can bring media literacy into your classroom—whether that classroom is English language arts, social studies, health, or any other subject—and teach students skills that enable them to become knowledgeable media consumers [...]
The department of Broadcasting, Telecommunications and Mass Media (BTMM) at Temple University invites applications for a tenure track assistant professor position in Emergent Media to begin in fall 2012. We seek a scholar whose work addresses the challenges and opportunities in emergent media, particularly social media environments including mobile media and gaming; other possible areas include telepresence and virtual/augmented reality. The ideal [...]
Pedagogy in the Age of Media Control: Language Deception and Digital Democracy. by Ricardo D. Rosa & Joao J. Rosa (Peter Lang/$34.95 + free shipping). Supported by critical theoretical frameworks, the text is a purposeful engagement with bodies of knowledge rooted in popular culture, yet, routinely excluded from “common sense”; visions of curriculum. Aimed at [...]
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