"....media authoring supports the development of critical media literacy. When students author multimedia products,
like video, they begin to see the way commercially produced film and video manipulates image and sound in an
attempt to persuade an audience. "
(Source: Dr. Richard Beach in  "Constructing Critical Literacy Practices Through Technology Tools and Inquiry," 2004)

• Anim8ed (UK)
• Animaction
• Camcorders In The Classroom
• Complete Training Manual of Videotaping and Editing
• Comprehensive TV Production Course
• Director in the Classroom (book listed below)
• Expanding Literacy Through Video Production
• Good shooting guide (BBC)
• Hands-on: A Guide to Using Video & Multimedia production
• iMovie '09 Tutorial
• Introduction to Video Production (BBC Course)
• Kids'Vid
• Lights, Camera, Leadership (curriculum)
• Making Media: media production tips/techniques
• Making Movies: A Guide for Young Filmmakers
• Media Arts
• Movie Making for Kids
• Museum of Broadcast Communications
• Online Video Production Course (Australia)
• Production: questions to ask
• Pulling off your shorts (film making in HS)
• Reel Action (Teen media news/opportunities)
• SchoolTV.Com
• Student Television Network
• Teacher's Guide to Making Student Movies (Scholastic)
• Teaching & learning with digital video
• Teaching Media Production In The Middle School
• Teaching Television In A Digital World
• Television and Video Teachers Consortium
• Thinking Visually
• Using Video Production to Teach and Learn
• Video Basics and Projects for the Classroom
• Video Production Resources
• Video Production Technology Page
• Video 101
• You Oughta be in pictures, an introduction to making videos

     Recommended articles:
      Filmmaking becomes a regular course in public high schools
      Critical literacy: Using media to engage youth in inquiry, production, reflection and change
      Students tune in through film/What Students are learning from live in-school newscasts
      Video goes to school (E School News)
      Broadcast Media: Enhancing Literacy Through Student Production (Reading Online)
      Power of digital media production in developing media literacy skills for K-12 educators

      Recommended texts:

4th edition	Teach With Video A Practical Guide To Integrate Digital Video Projects Into the Subject You Teach	Making Real-Life Videos (2006) Allworth Press	Filmmaking for Teens: Pulling Off Your Shorts Michael Wiese Productions	Media Production
Girl Director: A How-To Guide for the First-Time, Flat-Broke Film and Video Maker	Video Digital Communication & Production	Creating Digital Video In Your School How to Shoot, Edit, Produce, Distribute And Incorporate Digital Video Into The Curriculum	DV Filmmaking From Start to Finish	Digital Media In The Classroom
Teaching TV Production in a Digital World : Integrating Media Literacy	Action! In The Classroom- A Guide to Student Produced Digital Video in K-12 Education	Television Production Handbook	The Director in the Classroom: How Filmmaking Inspires Learning	Television Production A Classroom Approach

    Recommended DVD/VHS videos:

    Recommended periodicals:  (See also general film periodicals)