Media Literacy: Asking Questions
This program explains how to teach media literacy through the application of three basic facts and five key analytical questions that can be applied to any media message. This simple and highly effective approach is reinforced by insights and observ...
Media Literacy in the 21st-Century Classroom
The more digital technology becomes inseparable from our daily lives, the more chances corporate and political media have to manipulate young people—unless students are taught how to dissect and defend against that manipulation. This program helps...
Podcasting in the Classroom
Using three simple ingredients—a microphone, audio software, and server space—anyone can publish lectures, readings, and performances on the Internet. So what’s stopping teachers from incorporating such an exciting new technology into the clas...
Media Literacy for Teens
TV and radio commercials, Web sites and banner ads, magazine ads, pop songs, photos, and even news articles and textbooks: all of them are sending messages to influence the reader/viewer/listener. How do they grab the attention? What are they sellin...
Blogging in the Classroom
Blogs may be driving print journalists out of business, but they’re doing wonders for the teaching profession. This program helps educators learn more about blogging and the best ways to integrate it into the classroom. Showing how blogs help comm...