See the list of books Frank has authored
2018
When Should We Start Teaching Critical Thinking to Kids (MiddleWeb)
Renewing Media Literacy Education (SCASL Messenger, October 2018)
A New Curriculum Uses Film To Teach Democracy
Use the Emmy Awards As A Versatile Teaching Tool (MiddleWeb)
Media Literacy and Why It’s Important (Palmetto State Arts)
Using Short Videos Teach Media Literacy (MiddleWeb)
Improving Educator’s Use of Video To Impact Instruction (NCTE)
Renewing Media Literacy Education (ASCD)
Using Popular Culture To Teach Media Literacy
Media Literacy: Revisiting The Grapes of Wrath (Middleweb)
Media Literacy: Learning from the Oscars (MiddleWeb)
Media Literacy: 1968 in the Spotlight (MiddleWeb)
Based on a True Story? History Vs Hollywood (Middleweb)
Using Weight Loss Ads To Teach Media Literacy (MiddleWeb)
2017
Using Film To Teach Reading & Literacy (Middleweb)
We’re Not The Only Ones Who Want Kids’ Attention (Middleweb)
Revised: Why Media Literacy Week Matters So Much (MiddleWeb)
If There’s War, Where Will Students Get News (MiddleWeb)
What Every Student Needs To Know About The News, (Middleweb)
Using the Emmy Awards To Teach Media Literacy (revised) MiddleWeb
Engaging Students in Tobacco Analysis (Middleweb)
Civil Rights; How Pictures Changed America (MiddleWeb)
How to Close Read Infographics (MiddleWeb)
Quick Ideas For Visual & Media Literacy Lessons (Middleweb, May 1)
The WOW Factor: Science, Tech, & The Movies (MiddleWeb, March 26)
The President and The Press: A Media Literacy Challenge (MiddleWeb, March 14)
The Role of Emotion in Media (MiddleWeb, February 19)
Close Reading The Media: The Art of Film (Middleweb, January 17)
2016
How Big Media Shapes The News Students Read (MiddleWeb December 2016)
Students Need Help Detecting Fake News (MiddleWeb November 2016)
Helping Students Become Better Active/ Critical Viewers of Video (MiddleWeb November 2016)
9 Lessons to Boost Media Literacy (ISTE, November 2016)
Your Students’ Eyeballs Are Worth A Bundle (MiddleWeb, October 2016)
Why Media Literacy Week is So Important (revised, October 2016)
Media Literacy: Watching The Presidential Debates (Middleweb September 2016)
Decoding Presidential Commercials (August 2016)
Pulling Back the Curtain on Presidential Ad Techniques (Middleweb July 2016)
Media Literacy: Learning About Product Placement (MiddleWeb, June 2016)
NCSS Media Literacy Position Statement (Social Education, May/June 2016)
When Middle Schoolers Love Parody (MiddleWeb, May 17)
Close Reading: (Magazine Cover) Images of the Candidates (MiddleWeb, April 10)
Teach Argument/Persuasion With Campaign Ads (Middleweb, February 21)
Media Literacy: Learning from the Oscars (Middleweb, February 12 )
Teach Media Literacy With Super Bowl Ads (Middleweb, January 23)
2015
What’s Missing from That Media Message? (MiddleWeb, December 22)
Journal of Media Literacy (guest editor)
The Media As Portrayed In Film, A Popular Topic (MiddleWeb, November 20, 2015)
Tie TV Advertising To Media Literacy (Middleweb October 5, 2015)
Propaganda Isn’t History: It’s Current Events (Middleweb September 13, 2015)
Use The Emmy Awards To Teach Media Literacy (Middleweb, August 19, 2015)
Media Literacy: The POTUS Primary Debates (Middleweb, July 30, 2015)
Powerful Iconic Images Can Education & Inform (Middleweb, July 8, 2015)
Help Students Close Read Iconic Images (Middleweb May 10, 2015)
Visual-Media Literacy in Presidential Politics (Middleweb April 22, 2015)
Black History Month: The Visions of Gordon Parks (Middleweb, February 4, 2015)
Media Literacy: Learning from the Oscars (Middleweb, February 1, 2015)
Teaching Film Literacy (Without the Film) (MiddleWeb, January 11, 2015)
2014
- Teaching Media As Texts: The Emmy Awards (Middleweb, August 18, 2014)
- How to Close Read The Language of Film (MiddleWeb, August 6, 2014)
- Close Reading of Ads Promotes Critical Thinking (Middleweb, July 22, 2014)
- Close Reading: Visual Literacy through Photography (Middleweb, July 9, 2014)
- Close Reading and What It Means for Media Literacy (Middleweb, June 29, 2014)
- History vs Hollywood: Who Gets The Story Right? (Middleweb, March 19, 2014)
- Media Literacy: Making Sure Your (Brand) Name Gets Out There (Middleweb, February 18, 2014)
- Media Literacy: Learning from the Oscars (Middleweb, February 2, 2014)
- Libraries & Media Literacy, An Interview with Frank Baker (SLJ Blog, January 7, 2014)
- Teaching Media Literacy During the Weight Loss/Diet Ad Season (Middleweb, January 6, 2014)
2013
- Mastering Media Literacy (chapters on media literacy and film study) (Solution Tree Press, Dec. 2013)
- “Standards, Media Literacy Education; Media Literacy History– “The Praeger Handbook of Media Literacy” (ABC-CLIO, December 2013)
- STEAM, Media Arts & Media Literacy, November 13, 2013, Middleweb.com
- Using Magazines to Teach Media Literacy, September 24, 2013, Middleweb.com
- Interview with blogger based in India (August 2013)
- Teachers Look to Film to Foster Critical Thinking (Frank Baker, quoted) August 16, 2013, Education Week
- New Literacies: Scriptwriting June 16, 2013 MiddleWeb
- A View Through Barbed Wire “The Boy In The Striped Pajamas” (Screen Education, Issue 69, Autumn 2013)
- “Teaching Media Literacy with Technology” (Learning & Leading With Technology, ISTE, May 2013)
- Politicians are manipulating what you see in the news, April 3,2013, MiddleWeb
- Part One and Part Two of an Interview With Frank on Teaching the Oscars, February 18,20, 2013 SLJ Pop Culture Blog
- Teaching Students About Film Careers & Cinema Literacy, February 3, 2013, MiddleWeb
- Movies Are Not History (And They Will Never Be) January 14, 2013, USA Today
- Teaching Visual Media Literacy, Part 2, January 14, 2013 MiddleWeb
- Teaching Visual Media Literacy January 7, 2013 MiddleWeb
2012
- The Powerful Images that Make Up Our World View December 10, 2012 USA Today
- Teaching Kids About Commercials, November 16, 2012, USA Today
- Here Come The Toy Ads, November 11, 2012 MiddleWeb
- Teachable Moment: Watching The Debates With Students, September 16, 2012 MiddleWeb
- Media Literacy & Politics: What Every Student Should Know September 3, 2012, MiddleWeb
- School Librarians: Allies in Teaching 21st Century Critical Thinking August 12, 2012 USA TODAY
- Using Online Videos To Engage Students In Critical Thinking and Media Literacy August 12, 2012 USA TODAY
- Why Should We Care About Media Literacy? July 29, 2012, Education Week
- Here Come The Conventions July 26, 2012, USA TODAY
- Media Literacy & Elections, SC Council of Social Studies newsletter, Summer 2012
- Getting Started With Media Literacy: Easier Than You Think July 15, 2012, USA TODAY
- Presidential Elections, the Media Literacy Way: A Conversation with Frank W. Baker (3) (July 2012)
- Incorporating STEM Into The Arts and Beyond (June 28, 2012 USA TODAY)
- Presidential Elections, the Media Literacy Way: A Conversation with Frank W. Baker (2)
- Presidential Elections, the Media Literacy Way: A Conversation with Frank W. Baker (1) (SLJ, June 2012)
- The Pitch: And I’m Not Talking About Baseball (May 2012, USA TODAY)
- “Grapes of Wrath” Then And Now (May 2012, USA TODAY)
- Renewing Media Literacy Education (Spring 2012, OELMA Media Spectrum)
- Product Placement: The Business for Your Eyeballs (April 2012, USA TODAY)
- Looking Back on “To Kill A Mockingbird” (April 2012, USA TODAY)
- The Hunger Games: Life, Death and the Media (March 2012, USA TODAY)
- Advertising Literacy: Another Important Media Literacy Lesson (March 2012, USA TODAY)
- “Political Ads and Media Literacy Skills” (March/April 2012, Library Media Connection)
- Teaching Media Literacy During The 2012 Campaign Season (February 2012, USA TODAY)
- Teaching Critical Thinking with the Movies (February 2012, USA TODAY)
- Using Super Bowl Ads In The Classroom (February 2012, USA TODAY)
- I was interviewed by a columnist with the Fort Myers (FL) News Press (February 2012)
- Media Literacy In The K-12 Classroom (ISTE, January 2012)
- Why Media Literacy Matters (ISTE Blog, January 16, 2012)
2011
- Commentary: Why Core Standards Must Embrace Media and Digital Literacies, co-authored, published in Education Week June 21, 2011
- Seeking Something Extra, Multimedia Resources for Film Studies (Issue 62, Winter 2011, Screen Education)
- Media: The Lens Through Which We See and Understand Our World (Spring 2011, SCASL Media Messenger)
- Media Literacy (guest editor), Library Media Connection (January-February 2011)
2010
- A Report About Media Literacy from the 2010 NCTE Conference (GMLP, December 2010)
- How We See the President of the United States (GMLP, November 2010)
- Online Resources for Teaching Media Literacy (GMLP, July 2010)
- Teaching Media Literacy Through Magazines (GMLP, June 2010)
- Thinking About Visual Literacy: Engaging The Digital Natives (SCASL Media Messenger, Spring 2010)
- Moving Forward With Media Literacy (OELMA; SPECTRUM, June 2010)
- Media Literacy: Critical Thinking for the Information Age – A report from the 2010 Midwest Educational Technology Conference (Feb.2010)
- Media Literacy (chapter) in Curriculum 21: Essential Education for a Changing World (ASCD, January 2010)
2009
- Political Campaigns and Political Advertising: A Media Literacy Guide (Greenwood Press, June 2009)
- News Literacy: Engaging 21st Century Students in Issues That Matter, Ohio Media Spectrum, Spring 2009
- Why media literacy matters, OELMA, December ’08-January ’09
2008
- TV Must Run Untruthful Political Ads, St. Louis Journalism Review, October/November 2008
- Lights, Camera … Debate, Cable In The Classroom, September 2008
- “The Future According to Pixar: a Wall E Study Guide” (Issue #51, Spring 2008 , SCREEN EDUCATION).
- That’s News to Me (Media Smart Tips, Cable in The Classroom, February 2008)
2007
- Don’t let them take ad-vantage (December 2007)
- Profile (Cable in The Classroom, October 2007)
- The New-Media Election (Media Smart Tips, Cable in The Classroom, October 2007)
- Summer Lesson Plans (Media Smart Tips, Cable in the Classroom, June 2007)
- Preventing Obesity in Our Kids (Common Sense Media, March 2007)
- Coming Distractions: Questioning Movies (Capstone Press, 2007)
- It’s All About Questions Media Smart Tips Resources for Library Media Specialists: (Cable In The Classroom, March 2007)
2006
- Toy Advertising Media Smart Tips Resources For Library Media Specialists: (Cable In The Classroom, December 2006)
- Media Literacy: SC School Improvement Council newsletter
- Media Literacy: Using Photos In The ELA Classroom, Ohio Media Spectrum, Fall 2006
- Book Review: “teachingmedialiteracy.com” Journal of Media Literacy (Telemedium), November 2006
- Focus On Film: Learning It Through The Movies, Middle Ground NMSA, Oct. 2006 (co-authored with Dr. David Considine) (unabridged version in JML- Telemedium, November 2006)
- Media Smart Tips Resources For Library Media Specialists: Media & Politics 2006 (Cable in The Classroom, September 2006)
- Get ready, Ohioans: Campaign-ad barrage will be ferocious (Columbus Dispatch Editorial, August 2006)
- Media Literacy (column in OELMA Spectrum, late summer 2006)
- Mediating Media Exposure for Healthy Happy Kids (Jan. 12, 2006 Common Sense Media newsletter)
2005
- Where’s Media Literacy? (October 2005, Threshold )
- Media Literacy: One of the 21st Century Skills Your Students Need (Palmetto Administrator, Fall 2005)
- The fourth installment “To Kill A Mockingbird” film study guide
- Australian Screen Education, Issue 38, Autumn 2005
- The Changing World of News & Opportunities for Media Literacy (Ohio Media Spectrum, Spring/Summer 2005)
- Incorporating Media Literacy In the English Classroom (Florida English Journal, Spring/Summer 2005)
- Part three To Kill A Mockingbird film study guide, Australian Screen Education, Issue 37, Summer 2005
2004
- Media Literacy: One of the New Literacy Skills for the 21st Century
(Ohio Media Spectrum, Autumn 2004) - Changing Face of Media In the 21st Century; Beyond Our Borders
Telemedium, Fall 2004: Tuning Into Democracy: Citizenship, Media & Media Literacy - Keeping Current : Media Literacy
School Library Media Activities Monthly, September 2004 - Second installment “To Kill A Mockingbird” film study guide
Australian Screen Education, Issue 36, Spring 2004 - First installment “To Kill A Mockingbird” film study guide
Australian SCREEN EDUCATION magazine (Winter, Issue #35) - “Using The Media To Turn Kids On to Learning”
Spring 2004, SC Middle School Association Journal
1996-2003
- Is There A Place for Media Literacy in Tobacco Prevention Efforts?
Visions/Revisions: Moving Forward With Media Education, NTC, 2003 - “Media Literacy: Yes, It Fits In Math & Science Classrooms,”
ENC Focus, 2001 - “Has Media Education Found A Curriculum Foothold?”
(co-author with Dr. Robert Kubey) Education Week, October 1999 - Media savvy kids are goal of this video program
Orlando Sentinel, October 22, 1996