Media Literacy

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• Media Meltdown and the Value of Media Literacy for All

  
  MediaVidea — Authority: 103
  In my old school, they are teaching computers and programming languages from Class 6 - onwards. It is an elite school. That is expected of an elite school. Sadly, not elite enough to teach Media Literacy to a generation weaned on a media diet of aspirational, exploitative, and silly notions. The kids need to ...
  5 days ago

• Research Toolbox: Children and Media Newsletters from Around the World

  
  Center on Media and Child Health — Authority: 114
  Check out these children and media newsletters from around the world: Media Health Matters by the Center on Media and Child Health (CMCH) This quarterly e-newsletter from the Center on Media and Child Health (CMCH) offers news, tools, and tips that can help families make informed media choices. Click here...
  1 week ago

• Our Top 10 Most Popular Humane Education Activities for 2009

  
  Humane Connection — Authority: 128
  Humane education activities and lesson plans are just one of the perks we provide in our Resource Center . We now have more than 75 humane education activities available for free download, and we add new ones often. Here are our 10 most downloaded activities as of the end of 2009 : The Worlds Most Powerful ...
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• Reach and Teach Kids in Fun, Fresh Ways: Ten Under $10

  
  Shaping Youth — Authority: 116
  Dec. 20, 2009 In my last post I went for ‘free media finds that are priceless year-round,’ today I’ll nudge it up a notch to prove you can gift meaning and mindfulness without spending a fortune (not even a Hamilton!) I attended the Peace and Social Justice crafts fair and barely made it past the ...
  1 week ago

• Teaching Kids Critical Thinking Skills -- With Holiday Ads

  
  Movie Mom — Authority: 483
  Ellen Besen has written a worthwhile article about how to use the avalanche of holiday season advertising to give children some important lessons in media literacy and critical thinking. Many thanks to Ms. Besen for permission to reprint it here. Sugar Plums, Candy Canes and a Little Media Literacy Ellen ...
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• 7 tips to increase your online media literacy

  
  Socialmedia.biz — Authority: 568
  Is your BS detector optimized to deal with the new realities of democratic media? I ’s become a truism that we’re all media creators now, from bloggers and podcasters to the most wet-behind-the-feathers Twitterer. Along with the new freedom to create comes more responsibility: The new media ecosystem ...
  2 weeks ago

• New site independentgirls.org (seeking writers)

  
  Hoyden About Town — Authority: 135
  I (along with probably quite a few other feminist bloggers) received an email from the Associate Editor of this new site. I like the goals. Who are we? www.independentgirls.org is all about giving girls ages 9-15 a safe place online where you can learn, think, ask questions, and meet other girls dealing with the ...
  2 weeks ago

• Give the gift of media literacy in 2010!

  
  The LAMP — Authority: 111
  Media literacy can change lives. Each week, the average youth watches a full 24 hours of television . Recent studies show that without skills to think critically about media like TV, young people are more likely to smoke, become obese and do worse in school. When you donate to The LAMP , you invest in ...
  2 weeks ago

• History.com: The People Speak

  
  Communications & Legal Studies — Authority: 132
  A lot of buzz about “The People Speak” on the History Channel.  I heard Zinn talk about it on the Bill Moyers Journal (12/4/09) and a recent lecture on Alternative Radio — “Three Holy Wars” . The program is narrated by Howard Zinn and based on his best-seller A People’s History of the United ...
  2 weeks ago

• Ad Age: Best Mag covers of the decade

  
  Communications & Legal Studies — Authority: 132
  Ives, Nat. (2009, December 14). Book of Tens: Best Magazine Covers of the Decade. Ad Age. Retrieved December 14, 2009, from http://adage.com/article?article_id=141027 Oh, I love end-of-the-year lists. Posted in Culture and Communications, Integrated Marketing Communications, Media Literacy
  2 weeks ago

• Innovations keep rolling out ~ Google Living Stories

  
  HeyJude — Authority: 515
  Living Stories provide a new, experimental way to consume news, developed by a partnership between Google, the New York Times, and the Washington Post. In Living Stories, you can read the same reporting and analysis that you expect from the Times and the Post, delivered on a highly interactive platform. more ...
  2 weeks ago

• Teaching Privacy in a 2.0 World

  
  HeyJude — Authority: 515
  ….with thanks to a tweet from Michael Stephens @mstephens7 Posted in Communication Tools, Creativity, Innovation & Creativity, Learning and Teaching, Media literacy, Social Networking, Social Software Tagged: new media, Social Networking
  2 weeks ago

• The Nation: Alterman on Saving Journalism

  
  Communications & Legal Studies — Authority: 132
  Alterman, Eric. (2009, December 2). Saving Journalism (It’s Not Academic). The Nation. Retrieved December 11, 2009, from http://www.thenation.com/doc/20091221/alterman Interesting comparison of academic and journalistic concepts of the truth. Hope they’re the same difference, to be sure! Posted in Journalism, ...
  2 weeks ago

• Rumpus: Iranian Kid’s books

  
  Communications & Legal Studies — Authority: 132
  Schofield, W. (2009, December 10). Iranian Kid’s Books (Part 3). The Rumpus.net. Retrieved December 11, 2009, from http://therumpus.net/2009/12/iranian-kids-books-part-3/ UTNE brought this post to my attention.  Interesting illustrations from Iranian children’s books. Posted in Culture and Communications, ...
  2 weeks ago

• Claiming & social norming in social sites

  
  NetFamilyNews — Authority: 497
  When she found that about half of teens social media posts "refer to drinking, sex, or violence," University of Wisconsin pediatrics professor Megan Moreno wondered how much of those posts were just claims, USNews.com reports . She still wonders – hard data is hard to gather – but she "thinks some of it is, some ...
  2 weeks ago

• The Salahis, Facebook and the Power Wall

  
  The LAMP — Authority: 111
  Michaele Salahi getting friendly with Joe Biden Like everyone else, I couldn’t help but hear about Michaele and Tareq Salahi. On Thanksgiving morning, I was eating breakfast with my parents in the hotel where we were staying, and that same bit of footage–Michaele and Tareq enter, wave, walk; Michaele holds him ...
  2 weeks ago

• Facebook manners

  
  SMLXL - Engagement Marketing and Communication principles from Alan Moore — Authority: 468
  ‘Nuff said
  2 weeks ago

• Gamers wanted

  
  Communications & Legal Studies — Authority: 132
  Students in the Game Design class have created 9 original videogames. They need play testers to help them find any last minute bugs and give feedback to improve the games. When: Thursday, 12/10/9, 1:30 to 3:00 Where: Park 273 Come play some games, give some feedback Posted in Communications Management &Design, ...
  2 weeks ago

• The White House: Promoting Transparency in Government

  
  Communications & Legal Studies — Authority: 132
  Today I watched a WH discussion online called, “Promoting Transparency in Government.” Here are the documents / resources: Open Government Initiative Open Government Directive (pdf) Open Government Progress Report to the American People (pdf) Data.gov more about “ Promoting Transparency in ...
  3 weeks ago

• The Top 10 Ways To Think About Lists

  
  Ewan McIntosh | Digital Media & Education — Authority: 467
  OK, so the headline lied. As we approach the annual crush to listify the world in terms of the top stories of the year, the top pop divas and even the top education bloggers , top Umberto Eco talks to Der Spiegel about the worlds fascination with lists. Lists are a particularly important part of living life as a ...
  3 weeks ago

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