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An Oscar-Winning Giveaway: UNDEFEATED on Blu-ray
The only problem with inspirational movies is that they can be kind of corny. Know what I mean? I’m not talking about message movies, although plenty of those attempt to inspire us–it’s just that their attempts are so transparent that the audience feels like it’s being treated like idiots. (And for some reason we educators, […]
The Oscars: Frank Baker Talks Critical Thinking, Movie Fandom, and the Common Core
"Yes: I think it is fair, appropriate and altogether fitting that we share our passion for media. I think a great question to ask anyone and to demand an answer to is: why are you a fan of __(fill in the blank)_?"
Black History Month Giveaway: ‘King: A Filmed Record… Montgomery to Memphis’
Ely Landau’s King: A Filmed Record received an Oscar nomination for Best Documentary more than forty years ago, and strangely enough you could see that scenario repeating if it were released today—it’s that riveting, that smart, that important. (And actually this Sunday, it is being “released” again for a single day at select theaters.) Just […]
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‘Girl Model’ Re-connects Media Literacy to its Beating Heart
There’s a danger when you spend a long, long time in the media literacy game...
Giveaway: Blu-ray and DVD Combo Pack of BULLY
Young people need to understand the way that media texts position them—even with, or perhaps especially with, those texts whose content they are sympathetic to...
Visual Literacy and the Red Carpet: Celebrity ‘Make Unders’
Rarely do we have the opportunity to deconstruct images so rigorously that they actually invert themselves in the process... making the celebrities in question less attractive than they really are.
Transmedia in Schools and Libraries: Thoughts and Strategies from Tyler Weaver
"How can you tell a story in a game and have it be school-appropriate, while simultaneously making the student think about the implications of what they enjoy playing?"
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