Teachers & Web 2.0 Tools

From Edutopia online: How to Use New Media Tools In Your Classroom (brief videos) and
Technology Tools to Get Teachers Started.

New Screen Education Resources

The Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI) has launched a fantastic new resource:. Generator is a Web 2.0 enabled site that provides students and teachers with a wealth of resources to support the teaching of screen based content. Featured are: Video Gallery; Educational Themes; Learn From the Makers; Free Media Library; Explore Production Resources. In addition, there is a Storyboard Generator. and a Teachers Lounge. Other features are on Approaches to Alice in Wonderland and other works of director Tim Burton: The Fantastical Imaginings of Tim Burton. Other ed resources from ACMI can be found here.

Global Action Project's new Media In Action Curriculum Available as Free Download

from GAP: Global Action Project is proud to announce the online publication of the Media in Action Curriculum. Download it now for free, then use it, share it, and adapt it!

Super-powered literacy: The benefits of comics in the classroom

The Canadian Council on Learning elaborates on its latest findings: "More than just funny books: Comics and prose literacy for boys ," which provides an overview of current research about the reading habits of young boys and the literacy-boosting potential of comics.

Commentary: Creating radio commentaries can get students talking

Engaging students in stimulating public discourse by creating, producing and editing content for a larger audience can be a transformative experience, writes Elisabeth Soep, who is research director and senior producer at the "youth-driven production company" Youth Radio. In this blog post, Soep offers tips on teaching students to write a radio commentary on subjects that are meaningful to them but may also resonate with others by touching on broader social themes.

Call For Presenters: Media Literacy Conference

The Association for Media Literacy (Canada) is sponsoring a one-day media literacy conference in the Fall. The Call for Presenters, and other details, are available here.

Online & Interactive Websites for Teaching Media Literacy

In 1998, I created the Media Literacy Clearinghouse website because I wanted to offer K-12 educators (and others) an online venue for locating appropriate resources that would help in the teaching of media literacy. Thousands of teachers have discovered the resources offered there. Over time, the site has grown and includes more original content since its inception.

Since that time, the web has not only become larger, but also more interactive. A large number of interactive, online websites now offer teachers more opportunities to engage students. What follows is a brief overview of some of these sites