Media Literacy
link to recommended texts
see recommended videos below
Background and articles for basic introduction and understanding
newly added links in red

 

      Recommended DVD/videos:
    
     Media Literacy Toolbox (2008)
     
provides a complete introduction to media literacy concepts, skills and applications.
     It’s an interactive DVD-ROM containing over 100 selected media examples - television commercials,
     magazine ads, excerpts from TV and radio shows, newspaper and magazine articles and other media messages.
     The disc also includes over 30 printable activity and discussion guides you can use to lead a conversation
     or teach a class using the media examples on the disc.

      Media Literacy For Teens (2007)
     This video features the core ideas of media literacy, as well as numerous examples from
     various types of  media. This is perfect for showing in the classroom and will help generate
     a lot of  discussion.
    
      Research Skills: Media Literacy
     (23 minutes) Grades 7-12
     Producer: Schlessinger Media  Distributor: LibraryVideo.com 

     Media Literacy: The Audience; Creating Media; Ethics
     Distributor: First Light Media Publishing

     Discovering Language Arts:    Beginning Media Literacy  ISBN: 1-59527-792-7
     
Producer: Discovery Education   Intermediate Media Literacy ISBN: 1-59527-694-7

      Scanning Television 2    
"I know of no other product as good as Scanning Television....
     Rich, relevant content, packaged in a way that makes it easy for classroom teachers
     to integrate into instruction. Two thumbs up...way up!"  (Frank Baker's original testimonial)

    
Media Literacy: TV- What You Don't See (In The Mix series)

      The New Normal: Get the News?
(In The Mix series)

      Tuning Into Media: Literacy For the Information Age


      Recommended texts
     

    


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