media literacy

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• Semiotics and new literacies

  
  Pontydysgu - Bridge to Learning — Authority: 493
  I was fascinated by a presentation by Elizabetta Adami on issues on literacy in the contemporary semiotic landscape at the workshop on ‘Technology Enhanced Learning in the context of technological, societal and cultural transformation’ at the Alpine Rendezvous at Garmisch Partenkirchen. Here are my live blogging ...
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• Switching to new blog

  
  Refugio's Blog — Authority: 104
  So I’ve spent most of my Thanksgiving holiday moving my wordpress.com blog over to a new server (well, in addition to having dinner with the parents) in the meantime my more ambitious new website is finished some time in the future.  I’ve got the basics all up but it’s been a learning process.  I’m SO not ...
  2 days ago

• Choosing The Right Role Models for Your Children (Besides Parents)

  
  Socyberty — Authority: 506
  Call me a weirdo, but in my tweens, I chose Howard Goodall, the acclaimed British composer and television presenter, as my role model. As a musicophile, I grew up watching all his documentaries on Ovation TV and got myself hooked. In 2007, when I joined the chorus in my senior year of high school, I rediscovered my ...
  3 days ago

• European Commission urges New Media literacy

  
  Western Journalism.com — Authority: 144
  The European Commission (EC) said on August 20 2009 that Europeans young and old could miss out on the benefits of today’s high-tech information society unless more is done to make them “media literate” enough to access, analyse and evaluate images, sounds and texts and use traditional and new media to ...
  4 days ago

• 5 Reasons to use SPORE in the Classroom

  
  GeekDad — Authority: 733
  Copyright: EA Games My two boys are in early primary school, and the more they play and share with me what they have discovered and developed in the SPORE world the more and more I think this is the type of game that should be used in primary and elementary schools. The realization was cemented the other day when ...
  4 days ago

• Internet Safety: Media Literacy Tips From Industry Insiders Pt 1

  
  Shaping Youth — Authority: 123
  Nov. 24, 2009 As fall weather kicks in and families hunker indoors to ‘more screen time’ than summer time norms, I hear tales of media management missteps that would spin heads faster than a Linda Blair Exorcist antic. (yes I know it’s almost Thanksgiving, but I’m still seguing from Halloween here…) I ...
  1 week ago

• MacFound: Transforming Learning in the Digital Age

  
  Communications & Legal Studies — Authority: 137
  From the MacFound November 2009 Newsletter : Today, as President Obama called for new efforts to reimagine and improve education in science and math, the MacArthur Foundation announced a $2 million open competition for creative ideas to transform learning using digital media. The competition seeks designers, ...
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• MacArthur Foundation: The Power of Youth Voice: What Kids Learn When They Create with Digital Media

  
  Communications & Legal Studies — Authority: 137
  From the website : “This video was taken from a simulcast of a public forum designed to open discussion in the Philadelphia area to educators, parents, researchers, students, and community members about the potential of learning through engagement with digital media. To bring this conversation to a larger audience, ...
  1 week ago

• Vote for: Green Guerillas & Farm Sanctuary

  
  Communications & Legal Studies — Authority: 137
  Well, I did!  It appears in each category, people who sign in get three votes (I voted for Farm Sanctuary under the “Animal Rights” section).  Somehow I signed in using my WordPress Account — you can use existing accounts to sign in.   If you have trouble, contact the G.G.s (info, below).  CLICK HERE TO ...
  1 week ago

• Media Literacy: Making Sense Of New Technologies And Media by Ge...

  
  Linux/Unix News - motd.ambians.com — Authority: 162
  In this weekly Media Literacy Digest, open education and connectivism advocate George Siemens , takes you to news and stories on emerging media, communication technologies and education-related trends, helping you make good sense of the many changes taking place around you and of how these directly impact your daily ...
  1 week ago

• LiteratEye #40: And Death Shall Have No Dominion, Particularly If You’re a Best-Selling Author

  
  The Art of the Prank — Authority: 427
  Here’s the fortieth installment of LiteratEye , a series found only on The Art of the Prank Blog, by W.J. Elvin III, editor and publisher of FIONA: Mysteries & Curiosities of Literary Fraud & Folly and the LitFraud blog . LiteratEye #40: And Death Shall Have No Dominion, Particularly If You’re a ...
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• Media discourse has it wrong on sexual violence: the Richmond gang rape

  
  A B O U T - F A C E --- blog — Authority: 116
  An earlier version of this article was previously posted at AAUW’s blog, Dialog . This Dolce & Gabbana ad (2007) glamorizes gang rape Most people have heard about the alleged gang rape of a teenage girl a couple weeks ago, along with many shocking and horrific aspects of the event. However, some ...
  1 week ago

• Extra Votes for Parents, Healthy Body Image, and Fish Art

  
  The Mother of All Parenting Blogs — Authority: 451
  Newswire Extra Votes for Parents? "If [governments] are not ready to stand up proudly and give voice to the rights of children, then they should put into place reforms that magnify the voices that already exist. The most important would be reforming an electoral system that disenfranchises all those younger than ...
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• The Social and Technological Innovations in Social Media: Video of recent panel presentations moderated by Henry Jenkins at the USC Annenberg School of Communication and Journalism

  
  Interactive Multimedia Technology — Authority: 427
  Times are changing faster than we can change the buzzwords that convey this change. Social Media. Spreadibility. Immersive Journalism.Henry Jenkins, the Provosts Professor of Communication,... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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• Who’s Your Fave Fictional Male Rodel Model & Why?

  
  Shaping Youth — Authority: 123
  Nov. 17, 2009 Missed my mark on the Tuesday Packaging Boyhood post last week where I wanted to springboard from the fabulous “author’s spotlight” on Ypulse where they asked readers to share a fictional male role model they admire and why. Ypulse offered a copy of the Packaging Boyhood book ...
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• Actively Reading: OLPC Critique

  
  Disparate — Authority: 402
  Critical thinking has been on my mind, recently. For one thing, I oriented an  ”intro. to sociology” course I teach toward critical skills and methods. To me, it’s a very important part of university education, going much beyond media literacy. And media literacy is something about which I care a great deal. ...
  2 weeks ago

• 5 Tips for Raising Media-Savvy Kids!

  
  Reign of the Girl Child: Good stuff for moms of teen and preteen girls — Authority: 107
  Its like talking to a brick wall sometimes. Or having a conversation with one of the squirrels in my yard. I can chase down, corner and talk the ears off of as many people as I want, but if the message about how much of an impact media has on kids isnt getting through to the right people, its absolutely pointless. I ...
  2 weeks ago

• A Wealth of Resources! Courtesy of Me & The Nassau County Girl Scouts!

  
  Reign of the Girl Child: Good stuff for moms of teen and preteen girls — Authority: 107
  Its that time of year again. Back-to-back holidays are sucking us dry, kids are wrapping up fall sports and moving on to holiday parties and concerts, family is travelling in and out of town. Its a friggin circus around here!! So what better time to stress myself out even more by volunteering to once again be a ...
  2 weeks ago

• Swine Flu School Panic? NGC Now Offers Sick Day Media

  
  Shaping Youth — Authority: 123
  Nov. 16, 2009 Tune into the way back machine to get some pertinent media wisdom for today’s H1N1 pandemic scaring the stuffing out of young kids. See the poster at left? It was produced in 1939 at the beginning of WWII as a precautionary poster to quell panic and stiffen resolve if the Nazis succeeded in ...
  2 weeks ago

• POPE BENEDICT AND THE NEW MEDIA (HE TOTALLY GETS IT)

  
  Hell Burns — Authority: 113
  Church must adapt to the way media are impacting culture, pope says By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- New media are not just instruments for communicating, but they are having a huge impact on culture -- on the way people interact and think, Pope Benedict XVI said."This constitutes a ...
  2 weeks ago

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