Teachers
Elementary Resources: Media Literacy
You will find games, links to hundreds of activities for kids,
descriptions of all the TV episodes, and book recommendations
for educators.
Much of the attention in the media surrounding kids with disabilities
focuses on the kids themselves and the challenges they face
with the world around them. But what about the kids that don’t
have disabilities? How can children better understand others
who may seem different at first, but really are more like
them than they realize?
The ARTHUR Web team is creating a series of new interactive
games that help kids explore this issue. In "About Face"
–live now on the ARTHUR site–Arthur tells a story,
and kids help Pal choose the facial expression that best describes
how certain ARTHUR characters would feel in given situations.
The game is designed to enforce the idea that facial expressions
communicate information. The concept is especially important
when communicating with people who are deaf or hard of hearing.
This site offers technical assistance and political advocacy
to community media centers.
The AMLA is committed to promoting media literacy education
that is focused on critical inquiry, learning, and skill-building.
This site is dedicated to a new vision of literacy for the
21st century: the ability to communicate competently in all
media forms, and understand, analyze and evaluate the powerful
images, words and sounds that make up our contemporary mass
media culture.
Original lesson plans that work in the classroom, with Web-based
activities.
Offers a range of information, tools and resources that help
practitioners stay on top of digital divide developments. Looks
at the causes and effects of the divide: technology access,
literacy and learning, content, and economic development.
What might digital broadcasting mean for learners of different
ages? Visit an elementary school class, a media specialist,
a home school family, a GED learner, special education students,
and a professional development trainer.
This site challenges kids to question advertising, evaluate
media and become smart consumers. The site helps 9-12 year-olds
learn about the modern media marketplace by showing them how
to use the very same advertising tactics used by Madison Avenue.
If you have students who are deaf, hard-of-hearing, or English
language learners, the Captioned Media Program (CMP) can help
with free-loan, open-captioned videos. It is free to register
for the service and to check out videos online.
Discover how TV, computers, video games, movies and radio
can shape a child's development.
Web search for kids by librarians.
This database offers over 200 lesson plans that will help
you integrate instructional video and Internet into your curriculum.
Would you like to see yourself on TV or the Web? Well, here's your chance to send us YOUR video postcard. Go here to view the rules.
Arthur and I want to learn about your world. What's it like to be you? What's the most interesting thing about your life? What's cool about where you live? What do you do for fun? Does your family celebrate any special traditions?
We've already included some of your Postcards from You in new Postcards from Buster shows. Now we're going to include Postcards from You in all-new Arthur shows premiering in late Spring 2007. Deadline for submission is: April 14, 2007.
TeacherSource is now making free MARC (MAchine Readable Cataloging)
records available for at least two programs a week. MARC is
a complicated and highly formatted computer language; as such,
most librarians usually outsource their cataloging. By providing
the MARC records, TeacherSource makes it quick and easy for
librarians to single-handedly build a great video library of
PBS resources. Plus, these MARC records also reference companion
Web sites.
A web site designed for K-12 educators who want to: (1) learn more about media literacy (2) integrate it into classroom instruction (3) help students read the media (4) help students become more media aware.
Provides a support service for teachers and others, concerned
with the influence of media in the lives of children and youth.
The Media Literacy Review has listings of more than 250 organizations,
articles, lesson plans and discussion groups.
Challenge your media literacy savvy with a quiz, discover
activity ideas for the classroom, related organizations, research
and resources.
Do you have software in your classroom, library, or computer
lab that you'd like to use but don't know how? Do you hear
colleagues talk about a particular software application you
wish you had?
TeacherLine is a comprehensive, professional development Web
site designed for college instructors, K-12 teachers, and
future teachers. TeacherLine is designed as a source for content,
community and collaboration.
Get ideas for Web-based lessons for integrating technology
in each curriculum area and use our tutorials for fast help
for common applications.
Our Internet Primer is designed especially for K-12 teachers
who are new to the Web. You'll find tips, interactive templates,
and other resources that will put your knowledge to practice!
Teachers who use instructional video report that their students
retain more information, understand concepts more rapidly
and are more enthusiastic about what they are learning.
KLRU Contact Information
Mary Alice Appleman
Assistant Director
Educational Services Dept.
E-mail: maappleman@klru.org
Voice: (512) 475-9051
