In teaching global news literacy educators face a complex but engaging subject, but have at their disposal a array of teaching strategies ideally suited to the task. By engaging students in their own deep reflection about news media issues, using materials particular to their interest and cultural setting, this approach is readily adaptable to any […]
What Next: Violence in the Media
Program: After Newtown Episode: What Next: Violence in the Media Is there a consensus about violent media and violent behavior? How should parents respond to what their children see? An in-depth analysis on the culture of violence in the media.
TWITTER REVOLUTIONS?
The capacity of everyday people to circulate information and opinion online—rather than going through professional journalists—was key in shaping and mobilizing public opinion. A full account of these efforts would require a book of its own. However, here, I want to explore some key lessons from the Iranian example and to point to some of […]
Prezi for Education
Both teachers and students have become numb to conventional classroom presentations, where they’re confronted with slide after slide containing too much information in quick, disjointed succession. Prezi’s zooming canvas opens up the classroom to active learning and interactivity, making lessons understandable, memorable, and fun.
Seeing the World through Someone Else’s Eyes
This lesson, “Seeing the World through Someone Else’s Eyes,” is original student work created for the teacher preparation core course CI 2300: Teaching and Learning in the Digital Age at Appalachian State University, and incorporates aspects of healthful living and the visual arts in order to help fourth grade students learn how to show respect […]
Violent Video Media and Violence
On Wednesday, President Obama outlined his proposals for gun control. Among them was a request to Congress for $10 million to study the impact of media on violence, with a nod specifically to video games. Brooke talks to Jason Schreier, a reporter for Kotaku, about 25 years’ worth of studies on the effect of violent […]
Political Advertisement VIII 1952-2012
Political Advertisement by Carol Wilder, Mark Crispin Miller. From Antoni Muntadas and Marshall Reese American presidential campaign advertisements archives and explores the image-making power of televisual images in political elections. The archive is updated every four years.
NAMLE VP offers insight in PBS special “After Newtown”: Violence in the media
This 30-minute program offers in-depth analysis on the culture of violence in the media.
Bento Box takes a multi-platform approach to animation
Bento Box’s innovative approach to storytelling through a multi-platform approach has caught the attention of Alicia Keys, Fox and National Geographic Kids. Keys worked with Bento to develop an interactive storytelling app called “The Journals of Mama Mae and LeeLee,” the story of a young girl and her mystical grandmother.
Neil Postman Ponders High Tech January 17, 1996
Neil Postman, author of “Technopoly, Amusing Ourselves to Death,” and “The End of Education,” debates the value of new technology. Dr. Postman is the head of Culture and Communications at New York University. He believes there is a limit to the promise of new technology, and that it cannot be a substitute for human values.
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