NOW Literacies

Jon Callow is an Australian educator who has written extensively about visual literacy and reading. One of my favorite books is IMAGE MATTERS: Visual Texts In The Classroom. Here is an essay, Talking About Visual Texts With Students, from IRA's Reading Online which he authored in 2003 Here is a newer video, NOW literacies--everyday classrooms reading, viewing and creating multimodal texts, which I found both interesting and relevant.

Why Aren't More Schools Teaching Web Literacy?

Fourteen years after Alan November first co-wrote ‘Teaching Zack to Think,’ here’s a new three-part framework for making sure students are internet savvy.

"Inside the Script" New Ebook Screenplay Series Announced

"Inside the Script" is the title of the newly created Warner Brothers Studios series of famous screenplays. The e-books will include items such as the shooting script, production notes, storyboards and on-set photographs. Other details here.

Is Teaching 3D The Next Big Thing in Curriculum?

eSchool News reports: From creating the arena in the ‘Hunger Games’ to designing their own video games, students in tech-savvy districts say these classes make them interested in learning.

Study Points to Learning Benefits of Stop Motion Animation

This brief summary of the study “Animation as an Aid to Multimedia Learning”  published in the "Educational Psychology Review", shows the importance of stop motion animation in successful learning and brain recognition.

Media Literacy: Now Part of New P21 Math Curriculum Documents

The Partnership for 21st Century Skills has just released its latest curriculum skills map, this time for math, and like all previous ICT maps, this one also includes media literacy. See pages 21-23 in the new document.

The Role of The Visual Image In The Civil Rights Movement

"For All the World to See: Visual Culture and the Struggle for Civil Rights” is the title of a traveling exhibit opening soon in Kansas City. The exhibit takes on a new approach: “It’s looking .. at how visual culture — TV, movies, mass merchandise, magazine covers — how visual images really provided a catalyst that moved the civil rights movement forward.”  Details in this news story and in the book of the same name. The New York Times reviewed the exhibit when it was in the city. Previously, I produced a workshop for teachers on this topic.