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"An interesting read" - By Rylie Shore
This book has a lot of good and interesting information about media consumption and gives the reader a good idea of how the media affects our thinking and perception of the world around us. It also gives insight into the media world and the schemes they use to grab our attention. It is easy to read but is not a thrilling read.(20) -
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Price: $30.00 "a valuable reference" - By Faith Rogow, media literacy education maven
This book is worth every penny. Earlier versions of it have been on my shelf for years, and it’s a frequent “go to” reference. I’d recommend it to all media literacy educators. It includes “Media Literacy Tip” boxes that provide questions for viewers/readers/listeners to ask of media examples, and handy summaries at the end of each chapter. The reason that it gets four instead of five stars is that some of its strengths are also its weaknesses:
- The sheer number of concepts it covers and the amount of information provided is encyclopedic. On the down side, its sometimes reads like an encyclopedia, with lists of vocabulary and definitions. This makes information easy to find, but it’s often a very dry read.
- The authors use an astounding array of real-life media examples to illustrate concepts. That’s terrific if you’ve seen the movie or the TV series or the ad, ... full review(3) -
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List Price: $24.95 Price: $21.45 You Save: $3.50 (14%) "Master The Media by Julie Smith really opens you eyes ..." - By Jay Billy
Master The Media by Julie Smith really opens you eyes to the power of media and the intricacies of the social an emotional effects that media has on our daily choices and actions. The staggering amounts of money spent on advertising to influence our decisions are enough to make you critically analyze each piece of media that comes out. As Julie say, "Awareness is the first step, followed by criticism and evaluation."
In this digital age, "Deciphering this glut of information for relevance and accuracy requires both critical thinking and hard work." This book brings all of this to the forefront. Each piece of information must be vetted and then used appropriately to make decisions.
Reading this book will definitely make you think. I will now share it with my 15 year old daughter, so she can be more discerning in her consumption of media. ... full review(21) -
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List Price: $38.95 Price: $32.37 You Save: $6.58 (17%) "Media Literacy in the K-12 Classroom" - By Seonlady47 (Philadelphia, PA)
In his book, Media Literacy in the K-12 Classroom, Frank Baker is excellent at providing great explanations and samples of how you can include media literacy, visual literacy and media education in the classroom from K-12. Media Literacy in the K-12 Classroom is very helpful for teachers, new and seasoned to get started and develop media awareness and critical thinking in their students. Be sure to check out Frank Baker's other books.(9) -
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List Price: $41.95 Price: $35.95 You Save: $6.00 (14%) "An indispensable guide for teaching critical thinking skills at all levels" - By John McManus
You could not ask for more expert guides to media literacy education than Cyndy Scheibe and Faith Rogow. Dr. Scheibe, an associate professor of developmental psychology at Ithaca College, is the founder of the innovative Project Look Sharp which provides teachers with background materials and exercises for exploring how media construct what we take for reality. Dr. Rogow was the founding director of the National Association for Media Literacy Education (NAMLE), the leading convocation for media literacy educators at all levels from elementary through university. She has produced outreach materials for Sesame Street, and Sid the Science Kid, among others.
The Teacher's Guide is a concise, carefully articulated manual for learning how to help students think critically about media messages. With its accompanying Web site, the Guide is also a treasure chest of resources for teachers at all levels. And it's a compelling argument for inquiry-based, curriculum-driven instruction.
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Media Literacy is Elementary: Teaching Youth to Critically Read and Create Media- Second Edition (Rethinking Childhood)by Jeff Share- In Stock.
List Price: $39.95 Price: $31.70 You Save: $8.25 (21%) "A Must Read for Educators" - By Robert C. Barker (Los Angeles, CA United States)
For educators who don't know where to turn to address deeply concerning issues about how educational technology and efforts to meaningfully integrate technology into the classroom are being commodified and repurposed to suit hegemonic corporate interests... this book is for you. But this book isn't about how to use laptops in the classroom; it's about the information that streams across the screens of those laptops and across the screens of the phones in the students' pockets. If we focus on the machines instead of the messages, we are going to be in big trouble. I think about it every day teaching English to high school students. The fact is, education of youth about how we consume information, who creates the images we consume, and how we are shaped unconsciously by those forces is no longer optional in today's pedagogical environment. Jeff Share makes a case in this book that media ... full review(1) -
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List Price: $36.95 Price: $31.04 You Save: $5.91 (16%) "Excellent Treatment of How to Support Achievement with Digital and Media Literacy" - By John Robinson (North Carolina)
How can teachers use digital and media to support academic achievement in all subjects and content areas? The answer to that question is essentially what Renee Hobbs tackles in her book Digital and Media Literacy: Connecting Culture and Classroom.
Hobbs begins answering the question of supporting academic achievement with digital and media by outlining the rationale for engaging these two in 21st century instruction. Basically, that rationale includes:
Digital and media motivates students and that makes them a means to reach today's learners.
Our students today have digital and media needs: 1) They need knowledge and guidance in using digital and media effectively, 2) They need to know how to evaluate the multitude of digital and media messages they receive, and 3) They need the integrity and ethical center to be good citizens in their use of digital and media.
After providing the rationale for using digital and media ... full review(6) -
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"An interesting read" - By Rylie Shore
This book has a lot of good and interesting information about media consumption and gives the reader a good idea of how the media affects our thinking and perception of the world around us. It also gives insight into the media world and the schemes they use to grab our attention. It is easy to read but is not a thrilling read.(20) -
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Implementing Project-Based Learning (Solutions) (Investigate Digital, Media, and Global Literacies to Help Students Find Their Passion and Create Real Change)by Suzie Boss- In Stock.
List Price: $17.95 Price: $13.52 You Save: $4.43 (25%) "For a short book like this it gives the perfect amount of information and ..." - By Jessica Weiss
For a short book like this it gives the perfect amount of information and ideas to get you a good understanding of what PBL is and how you might use it. If you're looking for something more in depth you can go elsewhere but this is a great starting point and I know personally that I will use some of the ideas from it in my classroom. Plus there are tons of links to helpful cites within.(5) -
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List Price: $27.95 Price: $25.65 You Save: $2.30 (8%) "An intellectual journey worth taking" - By Faith Rogow, media literacy education maven
This was a really fun read, which probably says more about me and my love for playing with ideas than it does about the book. I can’t guarantee that it will be fun for you, but I can say without hesitation that any person with an interest in media literacy education that extends beyond Media Lit 101 will find in these pages a rich and even surprising resource.
For a field that has at its core “how-do-I-know-what-I-know” reflection, this anthology is a natural. Editor Renee Hobbs asked contributors to write about the sources of their media literacy philosophies by naming their “intellectual grandparents.” I don’t know that most of the essays achieved the sense of personal narrative that Hobbs might have been after. They tend towards descriptions of how particular scholars informed each chapter author’s thinking rather than accounts of life-changing “a ha” moments or “clicks” that are so ... full review(1)
