{"id":29513,"date":"2021-02-27T07:50:56","date_gmt":"2021-02-27T12:50:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/?page_id=29513"},"modified":"2023-12-15T06:12:21","modified_gmt":"2023-12-15T11:12:21","slug":"whats-new-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/whats-new-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s New in 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>2019<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>December<\/strong><br \/>\nI was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wspa.com\/news\/top-stories\/media-literacy-could-be-taught-in-sc-schools-if-this-proposal-becomes-law\/\">interviewed<\/a> by WSPA TV (Spartanburg) about the media literacy measure<br \/>\nI was quoted in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/state-news-story-on-media-literacy-legislation\/\">THE STATE newspaper<\/a> about a new media literacy bill in SC<br \/>\nI was mentioned in this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.slj.com\/?detailStory=educators-face-challenges-teaching-media-literacy-to-immigrant-students\">School Library Journal<\/a> article on immigrants, fake news<\/p>\n<p><strong>October<\/strong><br \/>\nI was interviewed for Learning.com: <a href=\"https:\/\/equip.learning.com\/why-is-media-literacy-important\">Why Is Media Literacy Important?<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.middleweb.com\/41401\/help-students-understand-the-impact-of-political-ads\/\">Help Your Students Read\/Analyze Political Campaign Ads<\/a> (Middleweb)<\/p>\n<p><strong>September<\/strong><br \/>\nI conducted three presentations September 27 at the annual conference of the SC Council of the Social Studies, in Greenville SC.\u00a0 1) Presidential Debates &amp; Commercials: What Students Should Know; 2)\u00a0 Stories of Survival: A New Website Resource for Holocaust Teachers; 3) Introducing &#8220;Portraits of America: Democracy on Film.&#8221;<br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.unesco.org\/news\/transformative-initiatives-celebrated-global-media-and-information-literacy-awards-2019\">Frank Baker Receives International Media Literacy Recognition<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.middleweb.com\/41087\/help-students-get-smart-about-those-smart-pills\/\">Help Students Get Smart about those &#8216;Smart Pills&#8217; <\/a>(MiddleWeb)<\/p>\n<p><strong>August<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0I was quoted in <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.edweek.org\/teachers\/classroom_qa_with_larry_ferlazzo\/2019\/08\/we_need_to_teach_our_students_to_be_smart_consumers_of_information.html\">this EdWeek blogpost<\/a> (August 24) &#8220;We Need To Teach Our Students To Be Smart Consumers of Information&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.middleweb.com\/40839\/real-media-literacy-spotting-a-fake-story\/\">Real Media Literacy: Spotting A Fake News Story <\/a>(Middleweb)<\/p>\n<p><strong>July<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/deconstructing-a-fake-news-website\/\">Deconstruct A Fake News Website<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>June <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.middleweb.com\/40615\/media-literacy-teaching-about-media-manipulators\/\">Teach The Techniques of Media Manipulators\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>May <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.middleweb.com\/40321\/teaching-visual-literacy-images-and-propaganda\/\">Teaching Visual Literacy: Images &amp; Propaganda<\/a> (Middleweb)<\/p>\n<p><strong>April <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.middleweb.com\/40089\/visual-media-literacy-campaign-political-optics\/\">Visual &amp; Media Literacy: Campaign Optics<\/a> (Middleweb)<\/p>\n<p><strong>March <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.middleweb.com\/39822\/media-literacy-meets-congressional-testimony\/\">Media literacy Meets Congressional Testimony (MiddleWeb)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>February\u00a0 <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/polioptics-in-presidential-announcements\/\">Location, location, location: The role of poli-optics in presidential campaign announcements<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I was quoted in: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.slj.com\/?detailStory=In-a-Meme-Culture-How-To-Spark-Critical-Thinking-About-Images\">In A Meme Culture, How To Spark Critical Thinking About Movies<\/a> (School Library Journal)<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/visual-literacy-the-movies\/\">Visual Literacy &amp; The Movies <\/a>(School Library Journal)<\/p>\n<p><strong>January<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.middleweb.com\/20198\/teach-media-literacy-super-bowl-ads\/\">Teaching Media Literacy With Super Bowl Ads<\/a> (MiddleWeb)<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.middleweb.com\/39559\/use-numbers-in-the-news-to-teach-media-literacy\/\">Using Numbers In The News To Boost &amp; 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