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Media Literacy
- National Association for Media Literacy Education seeks to stimulate growth in media literacy education in the United States by organizing and providing national leadership, advocacy, networking, and information exchange. Instructional materials related to current news events are regularly posted for downloading.
- MediaChannel is a media issues super site, featuring criticism, breaking news, and investigative reporting from hundreds of organizations worldwide. "As the media watch the world, we watch the media."
Contact Information:
MediaChannel
575 8th Avenue
New York, NY l0018
Phone: (212) 246-0202
Fax: (212) 246-2677 - Project Look Sharp provides materials, training and support to help teachers prepare students for life in today's media saturated world. Project Look Sharp promotes the effective integration of media literacy and critical thinking into classroom curricula at all educational levels and instructional areas. Website contains variety of curricular materials regularly updated.
- FILM: Weapons of Mass Deception - an account of the TV coverage of the US invasion by independent filmmaker Danny Schechter. WMD Instructional Guide, developed by Project Look Sharp of Ithaca College, is available in .pdf format on left-side menu.
- BOOK: Embedded: Weapons of Mass Deception by Danny Schechter, the book that inspired WMD the film, is a blow by blow dissection of the news media coverage of the war in Iraq.
- Center for Media Literacy - An excellent all-purpose resource; links to specific curricular strategies and items follow.
- Strategies for Introducing Media Literacy in Your School or District
- How to Teach Media Literacy
- 10 Classroom Approaches to Media Literacy
- Five Key Questions That Can Change the World - Classroom Activities for Media Literacy: Downloadable classroom activity guide with 25 core lesson plans for K-12 media literacy.
- Workshop Report: How to do Assessment and Evaluation in Media Literacy
- More ideas from workshop presenter/educator Chris Worsnop on Assessment in Media Education
- Newseum - Interactive museum of news in Arlington, Va. Takes Web site visitors behind the scenes to see and experience how and why news is made.
- NYT @ 150 - This collection of articles looks back at The New York Times as an organization and as a major media source during the celebration of the paper’s sesquicentennial (150 th anniversary), 1851- 2001.
- New York Times Learning Network - Classroom activities include articles from the NYT.
- Web English Teacher - Media Literacy and Information Literacy: Site lists links to various resources, articles and instructional materials.
- Media Literacy - Directory of Related Sites and Studies
- Media Literacy – Getting Started: Activity Ideas for Language Arts, Social Studies, Math, Science, and Health
- Media Literacy On-Line Quiz
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