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A
Guide to Effective Instruction:
Media Literacy |
The Ontario Ministry of Education
has published a number of documents under the title
Guides to Effective Instruction.
Released in 2008, Volume 7 of the Guide to Effective Literacy
Instruction
(Gr 4-6) covers media literacy. It contains 8 detailed
lessons for making and analysing a variety of media texts including
PSA's, creating and reading a website, etc. You can download the whole
document
here.
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IFCs
Media Project:
Never
before has so much media been available
to so many people, on so many different
platforms. And yet despite how much
information we have access to, more and
more of it is controlled by fewer and
fewer corporations. That means it's our
responsibility to make sure we
understand how we consume, produce and
share media - be it email, our favorite
show or a Facebook page. After all,
educated people are the backbone of a
healthy democracy.
With this in
mind, we've
put together
this
handbook
with three
goals in
mind. First,
we want to
introduce
you to some
of the key
terms used
in media.
Second,
we're giving
you media
literacy
links and
information
so that you
can be as
informed as
possible.
Don't take
our word for
anything!
See what
others are
saying about
media
literacy.
And finally
we've
highlighted
a few key
milestones
in media
history that
have brought
us to where
we are now.
We hope this
information
is useful
and we hope
that you
enjoy it.
Section One: Terms
Section Two: Resources
Section Three: Milestones
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Literacy for the 21st
Century: An Overview & Orientation Guide to Media Literacy Education (Center
for Media Literacy) |
1st Edition: Construction
2nd Edition: Construction & Deconstruction |
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Think Literacy: Cross Curricular
Approaches, 7-12 |
An excellent backgrounder on the Core
Concepts and Critical Thinking Questions; in addition guidance on
teaching graphical texts, visual texts and advertisements. |
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Common Sense in the Classroom:
A Media Literacy Guide |
This toolkit includes six media
literacy lesson plans designed for students in grades 4 through 8. The
guide combines media literacy concepts with activities that encourage
students to ask questions and think about the influence of media in
their lives. |
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Mind over Media:
Middle School
Media Literacy
Lessons |
This website examines media messages, fake pictures in the media, and
how the media create or influence gender stereotypes.
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UNESCO
Media
Education
A kit for Teachers, Students, Parents and Professionals
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A
comprehensive 190 page UNESCO publication with excellent introduction to
the all the elements and arguments of contemporary media literacy and
media education. The document comprises; a proposal for a modular
curriculum, a handbook for teachers, a handbook for students, a handbook
for parents, a handbook for ethical relations with professionals and an
internet literacy handbook. |
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Global Media Literacy:
a Curriculum as well as a Way of Life |
This Global Media Literacy course is designed to help students and
faculty appreciate distinctive international media models and agendas.
The course focuses predominately on those media that transmit news and
breaking information and uses cross-cultural and cross-regional analysis
to assess, analyze and evaluate the stories the media tell. |
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Citizen Journalism Media Literacy
Study Guide: Learning to Evaluate
Media Consumption and Critical Thought
in Students |
Using this curriculum, students will develop an understanding of a
variety of media texts. They will learn to identify media forms as well
as conventions and techniques used to create meaning in different media
forms. Students will have opportunity to reflect on and identify their
strengths as consumers and creators of media.
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Media Moments
(media literacy & news curriculum) |
In Media Moments you’ll find out about television news. Just as
there are architects who draw blueprints and construction workers who
create buildings, there are people who put the news together. A news
program is carefully structured. All the people and things that go into
the mix affect the final product.
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