Student sports fans (in this case, baseball fans specifically) can leverage their outside-of-school literacies to comprehend and appreciate the sophisticated cartoons and high-level text.
With ‘42’ in Theaters, Here’s a Free Movie Starring Jackie Robinson
April 13, 2013 by
Alfred Green’s 1950 film, made at the height of Robinson’s career, is in the public domain…
MTV’s Andrew Jenks on Storytelling, Media Literacy, Baseball’s Bobby V, and His New Book
March 7, 2013 by
“Teaching media literacy seems almost as important as teaching any other subject because it is one of the main ways that young people learn and develop–and if you don’t know how to navigate the basics of consuming media and using media, you’re in trouble.”
An Oscar-Winning Giveaway: UNDEFEATED on Blu-ray
February 19, 2013 by
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, […]
Strap Yourself In: A New Year in Media Has Begun
January 2, 2013 by
We measure our lives out by annual media events, kind of like Prufrock and his coffee spoons.
Why Being ‘Anti-Sports’ is Anti-Intellectual
September 12, 2012 by
The range of literacies employed by today’s diehard sports fans is staggering.
Mighty, Mighty Mythology: Everyday—and Olympian Level— Branding
July 27, 2012 by
The subject of branding is one way an educator can connect media literacy, the humanities (classical mythology), a fannish interest in sports, and the current events story that is the Olympics.