PUBLICATIONS


Forthcoming: "Political Ads and Media Literacy Skills" (March/April 2012, Library Media Connection)

Forthcoming:  Media Literacy In The K-12 Classroom (ISTE, January 2012)

Why Media Literacy Matters (ISTE Blog, January 16, 2012)

Commentary: Why Core Standards Must Embrace Media and Digital Literacies, co-authored, published in Education Week June 21, 2011

Seeking Something Extra, Multimedia Resources for Film Studies (Issue 62, Winter 2011, Screen Education)

Media Literacy (guest editor),  Library Media Connection (January-February 2011)

A Report About Media Literacy from the 2010 NCTE Conference (GMLP, December 2010)

How We See the President of the United States (GMLP, November 2010)

Online Resources for Teaching Media Literacy (GMLP, July 2010)
Teaching Media Literacy Through Magazines  (GMLP, June 2010)

Thinking About Visual Literacy: Engaging The Digital Natives (SCASL Media Messenger, Spring 2010)

Moving Forward With Media Literacy   (OELMA; SPECTRUM, June 2010)

Media Literacy: Critical Thinking for the Information Age – A report from the 2010 Midwest Educational Technology Conference (Feb.2010)

Media Literacy (chapter) in Curriculum 21: Essential Education for a Changing World (ASCD, January 2010)

Political Campaigns and Political Advertising: A Media Literacy Guide (Greenwood Press, June 2009)

News Literacy: Engaging 21st Century Students in Issues That Matter, Ohio Media Spectrum, Spring 2009

Why media literacy matters, OELMA, December '08-January '09

TV Must Run Untruthful Political Ads, St. Louis Journalism Review, October/November 2008

Lights, Camera ... Debate, Cable In The Classroom, September 2008

That's News to Me (Media Smart Tips, Cable in The Classroom, February 2008)

Don't let them take ad-vantage (December 2007)

Profile (Cable in The Classroom, October 2007)

The New-Media Election (Media Smart Tips, Cable in The Classroom, October 2007)

Summer Lesson Plans (Media Smart Tips, Cable in the Classroom, June 2007)

Preventing Obesity in Our Kids (Common Sense Media, March 2007)

Coming Distractions: Questioning Movies (Capstone Press, 2007)

It’s All About Questions Media Smart Tips Resources for Library Media Specialists:
(Cable In The Classroom, March 2007)

Toy Advertising Media Smart Tips Resources For Library Media Specialists:
(Cable In The Classroom, December 2006)

Media Literacy: SC School Improvement Council newsletter

Media Literacy: Using Photos In The ELA Classroom, Ohio Media Spectrum, Fall 2006

Book Review: "teachingmedialiteracy.com"  Journal of Media Literacy (Telemedium), November 2006

Focus On Film: Learning It Through The Movies,  Middle Ground NMSA, Oct. 2006
(co-authored with Dr. David Considine) (unabridged version in JML- Telemedium, November 2006)

Media Smart Tips Resources For Library Media Specialists: Media & Politics 2006
(Cable in The Classroom, September 2006)

Get ready, Ohioans: Campaign-ad barrage will be ferocious
(Columbus Dispatch Editorial, August 2006)

Media Literacy (column in OELMA Spectrum, late summer 2006)

Mediating Media Exposure for Healthy Happy Kids 
(Jan. 12, 2006 Common Sense Media newsletter)

Where's Media Literacy? (October 2005, Threshold )

Media Literacy: One of the 21st Century Skills Your Students Need
(Palmetto Administrator, Fall 2005)

The fourth installment  "To Kill A Mockingbird" film study guide
Australian Screen Education, Issue 38, Autumn 2005

The Changing World of News & Opportunities for Media Literacy
( Ohio Media Spectrum, Spring/Summer 2005)

Incorporating Media Literacy In the English Classroom
(Florida English Journal, Spring/Summer 2005)

Part three To Kill A Mockingbird film study guide
Australian Screen Education, Issue 37, Summer 2005

Media Literacy: One of the New Literacy Skills for the 21^st Century
(Ohio Media Spectrum, Autumn 2004)

Changing Face of Media In the 21st Century; Beyond Our Borders
Telemedium, Fall 2004: Tuning Into Democracy: Citizenship, Media & Media Literacy

Keeping Current : Media Literacy
School Library Media Activities Monthly, September 2004

Second installment  "To Kill A Mockingbird" film study guide
Australian Screen Education, Issue 36, Spring 2004

First installment "To Kill A Mockingbird" film study guide
Australian SCREEN EDUCATION magazine (Winter, Issue #35)

"Using The Media To Turn Kids On to Learning" 
Spring 2004, SC Middle School Association Journal

Is There A Place for Media Literacy in Tobacco Prevention Efforts? 
Visions/Revisions: Moving Forward With Media Education, NTC, 2003

"Media Literacy: Yes, It Fits In Math & Science Classrooms,"
 ENC Focus, 2001 

"Has Media Education Found A Curriculum Foothold?"
(co-author with Dr. Robert Kubey) Education Week, October 1999

Media savvy kids are goal of this video program
Orlando Sentinel, October 22, 1996