Media Literacy Clearinghouse
critical thinking about media messages/celebrating 10 years
Workshops for teachers/Webmaster: Frank W. Baker
©2008
 

 

A web site designed for K-12 educators who want to:
- learn more about media literacy
- integrate it into classroom instruction
-help students read the media
-help students become more media aware
 

                        TIMELY NEWS & RESOURCES  

• Today's Media News;  Frank's blog;  NCTE Blog
• Timely:  Here come the political ads   
                 Magazine's 'satirical' cover stirs controversy
• Teaching Scriptwriting; Movies;  Documentaries
• New:  Movie Trailers as Persuasive Texts
             Historic Civil Rights Photo Exhibit Opens
             Are Wired Kids Served Well by Schools?
             Bloom's Taxonomy revised for the digital age
             Are You Visually Literate? Are Your Kids?
             Media literacy crucial in the age of Internet news
• In The Classroom: Blogs-digital media- gaming and more      
• Helping Kids See Thru Media Peddled Culture of Celebrity
• Pulling back the curtain on magazine retouching
• Using the film To Kill A Mockingbird in the classroom
• Join other librarians who promote media literacy  

 

 

medialiteracy.com	Natl Assn for Media Literacy Education (formerly Alliance for a Media Literate America) Media Marketplace	Media Awareness Network
Media Education Foundation	Understand Media	Center for Media Literacy    Media Literacy Clearinghouse makes available some copyrighted material. We understand our use of any such copyrighted material to constitute a "fair use" as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law. In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, the material on this site is distributed — without profit and for research and educational purposes — to individuals expressing an interest in its subject matter. If you wish to use copyrighted material from this site for purposes of your own that go beyond fair use, you must obtain permission from the copyright owner.  This website was part of a project  originally started by the late Dr. Pete Johnson at the USC School of Medicine. I am eternally grateful for its hosting of this site from 1998-2006.    Email webmaster: fbaker1346@aol.com  Address: 1400 Pickens St. 5th Floor Columbia SC 29201  This site is dedicated to the memory of Dr. N. Peter Johnson & my parents: David E. & JoAnn S. Baker

                                                        
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CATEGORIES

advertising    assessment 

audience/activity     bias  

big media     body image 

commercialism

gender/representation   health  

information literacy

join list serve    magazines 

math in the media    media criticism 

media literacy    media use stats 

ML Events    motion pictures

news/journalism   politics & media 

propaganda    questions to ask 

radio/sound   research   resources 

semiotics   standards/mcRel     TV

 video production    visual literacy   

war reporting/images of war
 

Welcome from Frank Baker

Frank is one of the 2007 Leaders In Learning Award Recipients                     Read more about Frank Baker here   Find out how to bring Frank Baker's award-winning professional   development workshops to your school, your district in-service,   or your conference                            Recent website testimonials:                  "the Internet encyclopedia of media literacy"                   "a great starting point for K-12 educators"                 "the highest quality information now available"                Read what teachers say about his workshops