Last Friday, I was honored to represent TMS at a small group discussion between 18 educators and media literacy consultants to discuss fair use in media education at The Academy for Educational Development in Manhattan.
Last fall TMS established a “blended” (in-person + online) professional development relationship to develop a Voicethread unit plan for student multimedia productions involving participation from older adults in the community with English classes of Elizabeth Smith at Hume-Fogg Academic Magnet, a public high school in Nashville, TN. Hume Fogg has been recognized as a national Blue […]
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Intro to Mr. Rhys & The Media Spot (3rd Grade)
ESL students from 7 different countries worked with TMS and a theater teacher to create a stage piece that incorporated original video elements. It was performed in front of a packed house at NYC’s The Kitchen in December. The kids communicated fluently in both media, and the crowd went wild!
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A VoiceThread is a collaborative, multimedia slide show that holds images, documents, and videos and allows people to leave comments in 5 ways – using voice (with a mic or phone), text, audio file, or video (via a webcam). Share a VoiceThread with friends, students, and colleagues for them to record comments too on any […]
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Resources (2006)
core principles & standards
The top 10 words in the NAMLE Core Principles of Media Literacy Education on our Media Literacy Page
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Produced at PS 124 in 2006
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Reading List (2006)
20 Important Reasons to Study the Media Chris Worsnop (1999) A rationale for media literacy, tying study of the media to 20 other subjects of study. Amusing Ourselves To Death Neil Postman, (1989) The book that helped form TMS! Neil Postman wrote about communication and technology for several decades. This book is vintage Postman: a […]
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