Teachingmedialiteracy.com: A Web-Linked Guide to Resources and Activities

 Chapter 2: Adolescents’ uses of new digital media

 

[2.1] Adolescents’ Uses of New Media in Media Education

[2.2] Literacies through the Use of New Media

[2.3] Learning to Make Connections

[2.4] Engaging in Inquiry-Based Critical Literacy through Blogs and Wikis

[2.5] Video Games and Problem-Solving Strategies

[2.6] Engaging in Critical-Inquiry Learning through Webquests

[2.7] Employing Webquests in the Classroom

[2.8] Further Online Resources for Integrating the Web into Media Studies

[2.9] General Use of the Internet in Education

[2.10] Organizations that Promote the Use of Technology in Schools

[2.11] Web-based Resources for Teaching Media Literacy

[2.12] References

Chapter 2

[2.11] Web-based Resources for Teaching Media Literacy

Mega-sites for media literacy links. These sites contain multiple links to various resources for teaching media literacy:

[2.11.1] The Media Literacy Clearinghouse

[2.11.2] Media Awareness

[2.11.3] Media Education (Britain)

[2.11.4] Alliance for Media Literate America

[2.11.5] Center for Media Literacy

[2.11.6] MediaChannel

[2.11.7] New York Times media literacy lessons

[2.11.8] Ontario Media Literacy

[2.11.9] U Conn Media Literacy links

Video clips for use in teaching

[2.11.9a] National Geographic Channel: Video

[2.11.9b] Unitedstreaming: commercial distributor of some 40, 000 clips

[2.11.10] Realplayer

[2.11.11] QuickTime Player

[2.11.12] Windows Media Player

Help in using video-streaming software:

[2.11.13] Realplayer

[2.11.14] Quicktime Player

[2.11.15] Windows Media Player

[2.11.16] The Media Education Foundation web site. This organization uses their site to promote their videos related to a range of issues.

Sites for On-line Video Clips:

[2.11.17] Atom Films

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Hollywood movie trailers/shorts:

[2.11.19] Apple: film trailers

[2.11.20] Hollywood.com

[2.11.21] iFilm

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On-line short films [some explicit material in some sites]:

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[2.11.26] Inetfilm

[2.11.27] Undergroundfilm

[2.11.28] Yahoo: Movies

[2.11.29] Filmwatcher

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[2.11.31] Shockwave

[2.11.32] Pixar Films: Animation:

[2.11.33] Move Flix: free movies:

[2.11.34] BreakTV: clips from TV shows:

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[2.11.36] Clips from ABC News:

[2.11.37] 50 years of Coke advertisements:

[2.11.38] Streaming video from Eastview High School media classes using Web sites.

[2.11.39] LearnOutLoud.com: free audio/video learning

[2.11.40] Democracy: Open-source Web-TV system; free tools for watching full screen videos

[2.11.41] Veoh: online video clips

[2.11.42] You Tube: online video clips

[2.11.43] David Lehre's Internet-launched 'MySpace: The Movie' spoofing the MySpace phenomenon has been viewed more than 6 million times through various sites online.

FURTHER READING

Burkart, P., & McCourt, T.  (2006).  Digital music wars: Ownership and control of the celestial jukebox.  Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield.

Klinger, B.  (2006).  Beyond the multiplex: Cinema, new technologies, and the home.  Berkeley, CA: University of California Press.


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