A quick lesson idea that introduces scriptwriting by focusing on funny images and formal language.
Sparking Visual and Cultural Literacy with ‘Reimagined’ Movies
By on March 21, 2013
Which of these movies would you most want to see?
Expanding a Book’s Universe
By on March 19, 2013
Together we looked for ‘cheese holes’, or spaces in the story that allow the audience to participate in, contribute further to, and augment the original story using their own intelligence and imagination.
Book Giveaway: ‘Doctor Who FAQ’
By on March 12, 2013
Learning About the Holocaust Through ‘Schindler’s List’ and IWitness
By on March 8, 2013
“One of the students said to me, ‘You know IWitness is kind of like a cross between a library and YouTube.’”
MTV’s Andrew Jenks on Storytelling, Media Literacy, Baseball’s Bobby V, and His New Book
By on March 7, 2013
The Shoah Foundation on Media Literacy… and the Importance of Librarians
By on March 6, 2013
Blu-ray/DVD/Digital Copy Giveaway: 20th Anniversary Edition of SCHINDLER’S LIST
By on March 5, 2013
Schindler’s List is a film that really doesn’t need much of an introduction from me. If you’ve seen it, you’ve seen it. If you haven’t, you probably should. Perhaps more than any other piece of moving-image media it has contributed to the “media construction” of the Holocaust for contemporary audiences, taking its place alongside Night [...]
Book Giveaway: ‘My Adventures as a Young Filmmaker’ by Andrew Jenks
By on March 1, 2013
How Foreign Films Can Teach Critical Thinking
By on February 26, 2013
Visual Literacy and Media Literacy QuickLink: Brutally Honest Oscar Posters
By on February 22, 2013
Scriptwriting, the ‘Languages of Film,’ and Media Literacy: Teaching the Oscars with Frank Baker
By on February 20, 2013
“I think it’s a tragedy that most of today’s textbooks completely ignore media and the important process of scriptwriting.”
An Oscar-Winning Giveaway: UNDEFEATED on Blu-ray
By on February 19, 2013
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
By on February 18, 2013
“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’
By on February 15, 2013
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 [...]
‘Girl Model’ Re-connects Media Literacy to its Beating Heart
By on February 12, 2013
Giveaway: Blu-ray and DVD Combo Pack of BULLY
By on February 12, 2013
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’
By on February 8, 2013
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
By on February 7, 2013
Transmedia in Schools and Libraries: Thoughts and Strategies from Tyler Weaver
By on February 7, 2013
