Media Links
Center for Media Literacy
An excellent resource site for media literacy educators dedicated to providing up-to-date lists of reading material, opinions, and other resources from scholars and educators in the field, including the groundbreaking "CML MediaLit Kit", a free downloadable framework for K-12 Teaching in a media age, and "10 Classroom Approaches to Media Literacy" for K-12 educators from the Ontario Ministry of Education's national media literacy initiative.
The Consortium for School Networking
An excellent resource for understaffed K-12 schools struggling to support the technology the have strategically to improve teaching and learning.
Fairness and Accuracy In Reporting
FAIR provides a thorough liberal analysis of the major news media.
The IFC Media Project's Media Literacy Quiz & Handbook
The Test your Media I.Q. quiz, created by folks at NAMLE and the Media Education Lab, will generate your personal media profile. The Decoding the Media Handbook is a nice guide for middle school students and up to get familiar with some key terms, resources and historical milestones related primarily to the newsmedia.
The Media Education Lab
One of the nation's leading authorities in media education, Renee Hobbs posts her articles, research, and her own curricular resources and workshops. Renee and others from the Department of Communications at Temple University recently launched "My Pop Studio", a creative play website for girls that strengthens media literacy. Also see our Reading List for our favorites from Hobbs' body of work.
The Media Literacy Clearinghouse
A drove of lesson plans, articles and resource links collected over the years by veteran media literacy educator Frank W. Baker to assist K-12 educators who want to teach standards that include non-print, media text, learn more about media literacy, integrate it into classroom instruction, help students read the media, help students become more media aware.
Media Matters with Bob McChesney
Robert McChesney is a major force in media education: ...author of eight books on media and politics, professor of communication at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and host of the weekly talk show, Media Matters, on WILL-AM radio. McChesney also writes widely for both academic and non-academic publications. He gives talks frequently on issues related to media and politics in the United States and world today.
National Association for Media Literacy Education (NAMLE)
The National Association for Media Literacy Education (formerly Alliance for a Media Literate America) is a national membership organization dedicated to advancing the field of media literacy education in the United States. The Media Spot became a member in 2009!
NY Times Media Studies: Daily Lesson Plan
Excellent source for grades 6-12 media literacy lesson plans. Each lesson is accompanied by follow-up questions, interdisciplinary connections, assessment techniques, related web links, and academic content standards.
PBS Teacher's Media Literacy Quiz
An interesting online quiz dealing with youth media habits, and statistics related to media consumption.
Scholastic's Media Literacy Discussion Guide
Simple objectives, lesson plans, and suggested activities aimed at integrating media literacy into general curricula.
National Educational Technology Plan, Official Website
Seven Major Action Steps and Recommendations for Technology Integration, from the US Department of Education
Wikipedia
Wikipedia is a global community-created online encyclopedia: an exciting new type of collaborative information collecting and sharing tool, made possible by the Internet. It provides an opportunity for students to participate in the creation of content on a widely used resource, and can be used to teach about source validation when gathering information on the web.
Youth Media Distribution's Online Film Production Curriculum
A comprehensive, youth production-based curriculum for instructors. An initiative of The Center for Teacher Education at Ithaca College to promote and support the integration of media literacy into classroom curricula at all grade levels and instructional areas, as well as to evaluate the effectiveness of media literacy education in the schools.
Center for Media Literacy
An excellent resource site for media literacy educators dedicated to providing up-to-date lists of reading material, opinions, and other resources from scholars and educators in the field, including the groundbreaking "CML MediaLit Kit", a free downloadable framework for K-12 Teaching in a media age, and "10 Classroom Approaches to Media Literacy" for K-12 educators from the Ontario Ministry of Education's national media literacy initiative.
The Consortium for School Networking
An excellent resource for understaffed K-12 schools struggling to support the technology the have strategically to improve teaching and learning.
Fairness and Accuracy In Reporting
FAIR provides a thorough liberal analysis of the major news media.
Frontline's Digital Nation
Great video case studies, and interviews with top thinkers in the field of media studies and media literacy education. "The project aims to capture life on the digital frontier and explore how the Web and digital media are changing the way we think, work, learn and interact."
The IFC Media Project's Media Literacy Quiz & Handbook
The Test your Media I.Q. quiz, created by folks at NAMLE and the Media Education Lab, will generate your personal media profile. The Decoding the Media Handbook is a nice guide for middle school students and up to get familiar with some key terms, resources and historical milestones related primarily to the newsmedia.
The Media Education Lab
One of the nation's leading authorities in media education, Renee Hobbs posts her articles, research, and her own curricular resources and workshops. Renee and others from the Department of Communications at Temple University recently launched "My Pop Studio", a creative play website for girls that strengthens media literacy. Also see our Reading List for our favorites from Hobbs' body of work.
The Media Literacy Clearinghouse
A drove of lesson plans, articles and resource links collected over the years by veteran media literacy educator Frank W. Baker to assist K-12 educators who want to teach standards that include non-print, media text, learn more about media literacy, integrate it into classroom instruction, help students read the media, help students become more media aware.
Media Matters with Bob McChesney
Robert McChesney is a major force in media education: ...author of eight books on media and politics, professor of communication at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and host of the weekly talk show, Media Matters, on WILL-AM radio. McChesney also writes widely for both academic and non-academic publications. He gives talks frequently on issues related to media and politics in the United States and world today.
National Association for Media Literacy Education (NAMLE)
The National Association for Media Literacy Education (formerly Alliance for a Media Literate America) is a national membership organization dedicated to advancing the field of media literacy education in the United States. The Media Spot is an organizational member of NAMLE, and Rhys was elected to the board of directors in 2009.
NY Times Media Studies: Daily Lesson Plan
Excellent source for grades 6-12 media literacy lesson plans. Each lesson is accompanied by follow-up questions, interdisciplinary connections, assessment techniques, related web links, and academic content standards.
PBS Teacher's Media Literacy Quiz
An interesting online quiz dealing with youth media habits, and statistics related to media consumption.
Scholastic's Media Literacy Discussion Guide
Simple objectives, lesson plans, and suggested activities aimed at integrating media literacy into general curricula.
National Educational Technology Plan, Official Website
Seven Major Action Steps and Recommendations for Technology Integration, from the US Department of Education
Wikipedia
Wikipedia is a global community-created online encyclopedia: an exciting new type of collaborative information collecting and sharing tool, made possible by the Internet. It provides an opportunity for students to participate in the creation of content on a widely used resource, and can be used to teach about source validation when gathering information on the web.