-
Recent Posts
Archives
- November 2021
- September 2021
- May 2021
- April 2021
- March 2021
- February 2021
- August 2020
- April 2020
- March 2020
- February 2020
- September 2019
- July 2019
- June 2019
- January 2019
- October 2018
- July 2017
- June 2017
- May 2017
- March 2017
- January 2017
- November 2016
- October 2016
- August 2016
- July 2016
- June 2016
- May 2016
- April 2016
- March 2016
- February 2016
- January 2016
- December 2015
- November 2015
- October 2015
- September 2015
- August 2015
- July 2015
- June 2015
- May 2015
- April 2015
- March 2015
- February 2015
- November 2014
- October 2014
- September 2014
- August 2014
- July 2014
- June 2014
- May 2014
- April 2014
- March 2014
- February 2014
- January 2014
- December 2013
- November 2013
- October 2013
- September 2013
- August 2013
- July 2013
- June 2013
- May 2013
- April 2013
- March 2013
- November 2012
- October 2012
- June 2012
- May 2012
- April 2012
- March 2012
- February 2012
- January 2012
- December 2011
- November 2011
- October 2011
- September 2011
- August 2011
- July 2011
- June 2011
- May 2011
- April 2011
- March 2011
- February 2011
- December 2010
- November 2010
- October 2010
Categories
Meta
Category Archives: Media literacy
Visual Learning: Are You Really What You Wear? — YES! Magazine
Images, photos, and pictures stimulate the mind. For the viewer, they offer a chance to connect and question. They also offer potential for play and imagination, and pulling the observer into purposeful messages. Most often, newspaper and magazine readers take … Continue reading
Education Week Teacher: How Jay-Z Can Help Us Remix Education
By José Vilson Recently, I bought “Watch The Throne,” Jay-Z and Kanye West’s collaborative album. Since Jay-Z’s debut album “Reasonable Doubt,” he’s undergone a metamorphosis: from a young spitfire to a mature statesman, reigning over the hip-hop community lyrically and … Continue reading
Posted in Educator Resources, Media literacy, Outside Source
Tagged Education Reform, Education Week Teacher, Jay Z, José Vilson
Leave a comment
Good Culture: Something Doesn’t Add Up
Dylan C. Lathrop Senior Editorial Designer Craig Damrauer Artist The former CBS show Numb3rs, otherwise known as CSI-Mathor “the show with the number three in its title,” is one of those series that seems like it … Continue reading
Posted in Educator Resources, Media literacy, Outside Source
Tagged classroom, Good Culture, lessons, Math, NUMB3RS
Leave a comment
Teaching Media Literacy through Critical Thinking with ‘The Help’
Two key concepts in media literacy are: that all media construct versions of reality and that media is interpreted through individual lenses. These concepts are at the core of the recent controversy over the new movie “The Help”. To be … Continue reading
Posted in Civic Engagement, Educator Resources, Media literacy
Tagged Maria Puente, Media Literacy, The Help, USA Today
Leave a comment
Fantasy football adds up for students
Okay this one is a little older but its got some good content and I figured it was timely. By John Barr Special to ESPN.com SAN JOSE, Calif. — Jeneva Westendorf walks briskly through the courtyard of Foothill High School, … Continue reading
Posted in Educator Resources, Games, Media literacy, Outside Source
Leave a comment
High-Tech Teaching in a Low-Tech Classroom
By Jennifer L. Barnett As 21st-century teachers, we are expected to help students master the technological tools they will use in college and the workplace. But in many districts, the one-computer classroom is not extinct. So how can we do … Continue reading
Posted in Media literacy, New Media, Outside Source
Tagged hi tech teaching low tech classroom
Leave a comment
Book Review: Olympians Series by George O’Connor Published by FirstSecond
While I was at San Diego Comic Con I had the opportunity to visit the FirstSecond booth. I was particularly impressed with their collection of grade school level graphic novels. After the convention, I had them send me copies of … Continue reading
Posted in Comics, Educator Resources, Media literacy
Tagged First Second, George O'Connor, mythology in the classroom, Olympians, Zeus
Leave a comment
Rabbit Trail Learning with Emergent Curriculum Part 2
In Rabbit Trail Learning Part 1, I introduced the concept of emergent curriculum. So what does emergent curriculum look like in today’s classroom? Let’s look at an emergent curriculum in a History class. Emergent curriculum comes from the marriage of … Continue reading
ISSUES OF U.S. COPYRIGHT LAW RELATING TO THE USE OF MOVIES IN THE CLASSROOM
Classrooms in Public Schools and Nonprofit Educational Institutions: Rented or Purchased Movies May Be Played By Teachers Without a License by James A. Frieden, Esq. www.teachwithmovies.org Section 110(1) of Title 17 of the United States Code grants a specific exemption … Continue reading
Syfy’s Eureka Season 4 Teacher’s Media Guide is here
The Syfy Channel has several series that engage our youth population with their fanciful story lines. One of my favorites is Eureka. Now that I’ve started to do Teacher Media Guides for television series Eureka was a logical next choice. … Continue reading
Posted in Filmmaking, Media Guide, Media literacy
Tagged Eureka, Eureka in the Classroom, pop goes the classroom, STEAM integration, Syfy
Leave a comment