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May M-arketplace Feature

May M-arketplace Feature

[ 0 ] May 4, 2013

Critical Media Pedagogy:  Teaching For Achievement in City Schools (Ernest Morrell, Rudy Dueñnas, Veronica Garcia, Jorge Lopez) ($26.96 + free shipping). This practical book examines how teaching media in high school English and social studies classrooms can address major challenges in our educational system. The authors argue that, in addition to providing underserved youth with access [...]

April M-arketplace Feature

April M-arketplace Feature

[ 0 ] April 1, 2013

The Daily You: How the New Advertising Industry Is Defining Your Identity and Your Worth by Joseph Turow ($11.43 + free shipping). The Internet is often hyped as a means to enhanced consumer power: a hypercustomized media world where individuals exercise unprecedented control over what they see and do. That is the scenario media guru [...]

March M-arketplace Feature

March M-arketplace Feature

[ 0 ] March 5, 2013

Introduction to Mass Communication: Media Literacy and Culture (by Stanley Baran) ($41.99 + free shipping). This text encourages students to be active media consumers and gives them a deeper understanding of the role that the media play in both shaping and reflecting culture. Through this cultural perspective, students learn that audience members are as much [...]

February M-arketplace Feature

February M-arketplace Feature

[ 0 ] February 2, 2013

Social Media for Educators: Strategies and Best Practices (The Jossey-Bass Higher and Adult Education) (by Tanya Joosten) ($29.26 + free shipping). Tap into the power of social media and increase course effectiveness! Faculty will learn to choose the appropriate social media tool for the intended learning outcome, design engaging and innovative activities, and better meet pedagogical [...]

January M-arketplace Feature: Beyond the Textbook

January M-arketplace Feature: Beyond the Textbook

[ 0 ] January 11, 2013

Beyond the Textbook: Using Trade Books and Databases to Teach Our Nation’s History, Grades 7-12  (By Carianne Bernadowski, Patricia Liotta Kolencik, Robert Del Greco) During a time of standards-based instruction, Beyond the Textbook: Using Trade Books and Databases to Teach Our Nation’s History, Grades 7–12 will fill the gap in today’s middle and high school classrooms to simultaneously [...]

December 2012 M-arketplace Feature

December 2012 M-arketplace Feature

[ 0 ] December 10, 2012

  Who Owns the Learning?: Preparing Students for Success in the Digital Age  (by Alan November) ($11.43 + free shipping).   Learn how to harness students’ natural curiosity to develop them into self-directed learners. Discover how technology allows students to take ownership of their learning, create and share learning tools, and participate in work that is meaningful [...]