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"I think it's a tragedy that most of today's textbooks completely ignore media and the important process of scriptwriting."
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, […]
"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)_?"
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 […]
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
Giveaways, Media Literacy, Movies, Social Studies, Television, Transliteracy
|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...
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.
"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?"
"By allowing students to create with a medium, you give them the chance to explore the potential of the medium and of themselves. The exploration of potential is beautiful..."
"We use cereal boxes which hang in the library to identify the different aspects used to sell to adults vs children..."
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