While teaching media literacy may be a more obvious fit with curricula in arts, languages, social sciences and health, it provides critical thinking skills fundamental to teaching across the board. Pop-cultural references can help engage students with any school topic; statistics and data in the news can be the basis for math and science learning; and teachers can incorporate media analysis whenever the Internet, television or video are used in the classroom.
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12 Tips For Incorporating Media
Adaptable to all grades, these are general guidelines for thinking about ways to integrate media literacy into any curriculum. Booklet also available to download in PDF format. From Center for Research on the Effects of Television
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Moving Images In The Classroom
This guide for secondary-school teachers on using film and television, published in part by the British Film Institute, outlines eight basic techniques and practical activities for the study of film and television in the classroom. Available to download in PDF format.
From British Film Institute.
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Who Teaches Media Literacy?
Part of a longer introduction to media literacy, this article by David Considine describes how teachers can fit media education into health, social studies and language arts curricula.
From Appalachian State University.
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Bringing Media Lit Into Math And Science Classrooms
Media literacy adds a dimension to all classroom discussions. Students develop the skills to analyze competing facts and figures. From Media Literacy Clearinghouse
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Forming An Information-Literate School Community
This 1998 guide to assessing and improving information literacy among teachers, students and administration warns that computers and networks are wasted tools without strategic implementation.
From The Education Technology Journal.
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AS THE MEDIA WATCH THE WORLD, WE WATCH THE
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