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February 2012 M-Passioned Member: DC Vito

February 2012 M-Passioned Member: DC Vito

[ 0 ] February 1, 2012

1) What do you do? I am the Executive Director and Co-Founder of The LAMP (Learning About Multimedia Project), a non-profit organization bringing free media literacy training to youth, parents and educators throughout New York City.  2) Tell me about your latest work or project in media literacy. As far as work goes, The LAMP has had [...]

January 2012 M-Passioned Member: Frank Baker

January 2012 M-Passioned Member: Frank Baker

[ 0 ] January 2, 2012

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 [...]

January M-arketplace Feature

January M-arketplace Feature

[ 0 ] December 31, 2011

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 [...]

December M-arketplace Feature: Pedagogy in the Age of Media Control

December M-arketplace Feature: Pedagogy in the Age of Media Control

[ 0 ] December 19, 2011

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 [...]

Gus Andrews - The Media Show

December 2011 M-Passioned Member: Gillian “Gus” Andrews

[ 0 ] December 5, 2011

  Name: Gillian “Gus” Andrews (gandre.ws) Title: Producer What do you do? I’m the producer of The Media Show (themediashow.net), a series of YouTube shorts about media and digital literacy aimed at young adults (with the idea that high schoolers “watch up”). We’re a puppet show with sensibilities somewhere between the classic Muppet Show and, [...]

JMLE Feature: RIP! A Remix Manifesto

JMLE Feature: RIP! A Remix Manifesto

[ 0 ] December 4, 2011

Benjamin Thevenin presents a professional resource review of RIP! A Remix Manifesto (2007) (video) in the current issue of the Journal of Media Literacy Education. To access or submit reviews, go to jmle.org.   http://jmle.org/blog/?p=668