Creating Lifelong Learners
What follows are three of my favorite hoax links, shared in a Google Workshop for Educators. Use these to teach students that not everything posted on the internet is true. All About Explorers An attractive site looking site chock full of information about famous explorers, except all the information is false. RYT Hospital Men can …
A reader question: I’ve always been interested in TV Production and am thinking about writing a grant to start one. Our school has no funding for this, so I don’t even know where to start. What equipment do I need? How much will it cost? I’ve learned that nothing goes out of fashion faster than …
Michael and Branding How Michael Became a Brand Icon What we should do to brand ourselves, our schools, our businesses Death by an Overdose of Showbusiness What we should not to to ourselves, our schools, our businesses Humanizing Michael Robert Hilburn Remembers Long time L.A. Times critic reflects Quincy Jones Remembers After “Bad” the rest …
My session for the K12Online Conference, Film School for Video Podcasters, is now online. Scroll down to the bottom of the page to download for your iPod or to watch on your computer. The sixteen minute presentation is a series of short vignettes framed by a film noir detective story in which I play the detective …
We can spend our time crying about how students spend more time watching TV and less time reading or we can provide them with the analytical skills they need to process and think critically about the TV they are watching. This becomes increasingly important as media is being delivered to students on smaller and smaller …
My friend, Nick Pernisco of Understand Media presents this film which makes the case for teaching students how to responsibly view media rather than banning their access to that media. It’s similar to my case for teaching student to safely use Google rather than banning Google.
Okay, I’ve gone a little carnival crazy over here. Here’s the last one for awhile. The Media Literacy Blog Carnival is now online at Understand Media.com There are articles on how you might integrate media literacy in your teaching.
An interesting conversation began in Students 2.0, where Anthony, a high school student, wrote, “…like home movies, most…student videos are lacking a thesis and a design to support them. As technology allows us to integrate creative projects…we need to give students the tools to funnel their creative efforts into an effective and cohesive whole.” I …
Excerpted from Video in the Classroom.com 1. Student engagement. Too many students in urban cities are dropping out. Engaging students early and providing positive experiences with school can help to hook these students before they leave. 2. Student achievement. Every classroom has a few students who are below grade level. Traditional teaching is not working …
Nick Pernisco on the Media Literacy Ning points out this article from the New York Times about how entertainment companies are clamoring to create the next Second Life for the pre-teen and younger set. Nick asks, “Are kids really safe on these sites, or are they being stalked by online predators called advertisers?” While I …