Media
Literacy Workshop - A Must Read for every teacher
- This 65-slide PowerPoint workshop provides an overview of what
media education is and offers strategies for implementing media
education into the classroom. Speaker's notes are included.
Teaching
Media -Elementary Use the drop down menu under elementary to choose lesson
plans on: advertising an marketing, news, television, Internet,
video games, family and social relationships, gender portrayal,
body image, nutrition, tobacco advertising, privacy, stereotyping,
violence, the global citizen, ethics and values.
Scavenger
Hunt-A group of students in each literacy block can
write a short script then video the 5 chosen shots. Each group can
then watch and evaluate the video.Shot list and
evaluation is provided with lesson plan.
TV
Turn-off Kit: 20 pg. pdf files of lesson plans including
playground activities
Could be a a great source for the 20 minute physical activity for
students.
Inspiration
Lane http://www.inspirationlane.blogspot.com/
"Inspiration Lane" is an online, classroom magazine for all
levels of ESOL, ESL and EFL classes. It's unique because the content
here automatically changes daily. Created and edited by an ESOL certified
teacher in Florida, USA, the site is intended for teachers to use after
the day's lesson, by projecting it onto an interactive whiteboard. The
daily readings and interactive language activities provide a free, fun
and encouraging experience for students learning English -- especially
during those last minutes of class time. You can translate the site
into other languages using Google.
All
students can access the activities that tie quite nicely into media
literacy lessons.
CBC
Archives http://archives.cbc.ca/index.asp?IDLan=1 Relive our history through CBC radio and television. Video clips
and
educational activities sorted by People, Conflict & War, Arts
& Entertainment, Politics & Economy, Life & Society, Disasters
& Tragedies, Science &Technologies, and Sports.
Bravo
Scanning the Movies (cursor to bottom of page)
airs on Bravo! every Friday morning at 8 am ET, and often again
at 4:30 am Friday night (technically Saturday morning). Please check
Bravo!'s programming listings to find out what episodes have been
scheduled: http://www.bravo.ca/schedule/
Scanning the Movies is an analysis of contemporary film, presented
by internationally respected media education scholar Father John
Pungente, SJ. The series helps students critically examine and better
understand movies.
CBC
-The WIRE http://www.cbc.ca/wiretv/ The WiRE is hosted by Kristina Barnes. the WiRE is on CBC Newsworld
Fridays at 4:30pm ET. Repeats: Saturdays at 10:00am ET and Mondays at
4:00am ET on CBC Newsworld. Use the menu on the right to view
the show on-line.
Screenit http://www.screenit.com/index1.html Movie, Music, Video, reviews sorted by title, rating and genre.
Evaluations for each media are given for instances of: alcohol/drug
use, blood/gore, disrespectful/bad attitude, frightening/tense scenes,
guns/weapons, imitative behaviour, jump scenes, music scary/tense, music
inappropriate, profanity, sex/nudity, smoking, tense family scenes,
topics to talk about, violence.
Level:
adult
Metacritic http://www.metacritic.com/ Critical reviews of movies, videos, music, and video and
computer games.
Level: Intermediate, Senior, Adult
RottonTomatoes http://www.rottentomatoes.com/ Box office movie reviews, DVD reviews, and top rental reviews by
critics from across North America. Links to actor information and movie
highlights, and interviews.
The
Greatest Films http://www.filmsite.org/ An award-winning, website with interpretive, descriptive review
commentary and historical background for hundreds of classic Hollywood
and other American films in the last century.
AdCracker.com http://www.adcracker.com/index.htm AdCracker provides insight into the analysis of ads . Use AdBasics
to learn how to write a brief, create a brand, and position a product.
Students should not subscribe to the site in the TV Room.
American
Masters http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/index.html AMERICAN MASTERS is an ongoing series
of award-winning primetime specials examining the lives, works, and
creative processes of our most outstanding cultural artists. Biographies
and links of these masters are from film, literature, performing arts,
music and the visual arts.
